. Pathology and bacteriology [electronic resource]. Ophthalmology; Eye; Eye; Bacteriology; Ophthalmology; Eye; Bacteriology; Eye. 140 ABERRATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT aperture leads into the sac.^ The condition is frequently bilateral. It is due to incomplete closure of the facial cleft, the situation in which the fistula occurs, being the last part of the cleft to be shut off from the surface Fig. 78.—Boy aged 21 months with unilateral cryptophthalmia. Case recorded by W. Sinclair, Trans. Ophth. Soc. of the U. K., XXXVIII, 1918, 142. Cryptophthalmia.^—Cryptophthalmia is an exceedingly
. Pathology and bacteriology [electronic resource]. Ophthalmology; Eye; Eye; Bacteriology; Ophthalmology; Eye; Bacteriology; Eye. 140 ABERRATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT aperture leads into the sac.^ The condition is frequently bilateral. It is due to incomplete closure of the facial cleft, the situation in which the fistula occurs, being the last part of the cleft to be shut off from the surface Fig. 78.—Boy aged 21 months with unilateral cryptophthalmia. Case recorded by W. Sinclair, Trans. Ophth. Soc. of the U. K., XXXVIII, 1918, 142. Cryptophthalmia.^—Cryptophthalmia is an exceedingly rare condition in which there is complete absence of the eye- lids and their appendages, together with the lacrymal gland and lacrymal duct. The eyeball is entirely covered and hid- den by skin (Fig. 78) beneath which it is seen to move about, and to which it is connected by a subcutaneous cellular membrane. On dissection the orbicularis muscle has been found present; a wrinkling of the skin about the eye due to its action may be noticed on exposure to 1 N. Bishop Harman. Trans. Ophth. Soc. of the U. K., XXIII, 1903, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Collins, E. Treacher (Edward Treacher), 1862-1937; Mayou, M. Stephen (Marmaduke Stephen), 1876-1934; Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle), 1871-1921, editor; University College, London. Library Services. London : William Heinemann
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