Congenital anomalies
- Ptosis is quite common and most common is epicanthus covering of medial canthus by semi-circular skin
- Cryptophthalamus à eyelids don’t develop; eyeball covered
Ophthalmology · MU Sofia
30. Congenital anomalies of the eyelids
Covers two congenital eyelid anomalies in brief: ptosis, described as fairly common, and epicanthus, where a semicircular fold of skin covers the medial canthus. It also notes cryptophthalmos, in which the eyelids fail to develop and the eyeball is covered by skin.
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Topic 30 of 91 in the MU Sofia syllabus for Ophthalmology (Medicine, Year 4). The free AceMed note covers it in 1 section, about 23 words (1 min of reading).
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