Symblepharon Explained

Differential:	trachoma

A symblepharon is a partial or complete adhesion of the palpebral conjunctiva of the eyelid to the bulbar conjunctiva of the eyeball. It results either from disease (conjunctival sequelae of trachoma) or trauma. Cicatricial pemphigoid^[1] and, in severe cases, rosacea may cause symblepharon. It is rarely congenital. Its treatment is symblepharectomy.

See also

• Ankyloblepharon

Further reading

• Brazier . DJ . Hardman-Lea . SJ . Collin . JR . Cryptophthalmos: surgical treatment of the congenital symblepharon variant . The British Journal of Ophthalmology . 70 . 5 . 391–5 . 1986 . 3008809 . 1041021 . 10.1136/bjo.70.5.391.

Notes and References

1. 10.1097/00004397-199803840-00009 . Holsclaw . DS . Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid and its treatment is surgery by conjunctival rotate graft and or amniotic membran transplant (AMT). International Ophthalmology Clinics . 38 . 4 . 89–106 . 1998 . 10200078. 22753661 .