Archives of Ophthalmology · 1929 · 21 citations · 0 references
MedicineGeneticsPediatricsCraniofacial GeneticsEyelid DisordersHuman GeneticsCongenital Craniofacial AnomaliesCongenital Eye AnomaliesCongenital Head AnomaliesCongenital MalformationsEyelid MalformationsPediatric Eyelid DisordersCongenital Anterior Segment AnomaliesCongenital Cleft LipCongenital Cleft PalateCongenital Craniofacial Anomalies GeneticsEyelid Developmental AnomaliesOcular Congenital AnomaliesOral CleftPediatric Eyelid Malformations
The following discussion and report of a case of the congenital anomaly ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum are of interest more because of the rarity in occurrence of the condition and speculation as to its mode of origin than because of any pathologic significance in relation to the future physiology of the eyelids. The term was proposed by Hasner,<sup>1</sup>in 1881, to denote that condition in which at birth elastic strands connect the margins of the lids, reducing the palpebral fissure to an aperture of varying width and interfering with the normal movements of the eyelids. The name serves to differentiate this particular anomaly from those in which there is direct partial or total adhesion of the margins of the lids at birth. The anomaly is one seldom met with as judged by an extensive search through the literature, which reveals only nine previously reported cases which are distributed over