Congenital Symblepharon Associated with No. 3 Craniofacial Cleft.

Moon, Jun Woong; Hwang, Jeong Min

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2006;47(1):171-174.
Published online January 31, 2006.

Congenital Symblepharon Associated with No. 3 Craniofacial Cleft.

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hjm@snu.ac.kr
²Artificial Eye Center of Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.

제3형 머리얼굴틈새와 동반된 선천결막붙음증

문준웅^1,2,황정민¹-³

Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine¹, Seoul, Korea Artificial Eye Center of Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital², Seoul, Korea Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital³, Seongnam, Korea

Correspondence: Jun Woong Moon, M.D.^1,2

Abstract

PURPOSE
To report a case of congenital symblepharon associated with No. 3 craniofacial cleft. METHODS: A 40-month old girl with left eyelid lesion underwent an ophthalmologic examination at the department of ophthalmology and a face examination at the department of plastic and reconstructive surgery. RESULTS: Congenital symblepharon associated with No. 3 craniofacial cleft including bifid uvula, partial cleft lip, and coloboma of the lower medial eyelid was found. She did not have amblyopia or strabismus. A MEDLINE search of the literature revealed only one reported case of symblepharon associated with a craniofacial cleft.

Key Words: Craniofacial cleft;Eyelid coloboma;Symblepharon