A Case of Congenital Deformity of the Eye, Combined with Cleft Lip and Palate.

Kwak, Pyung Soon; Kim, Kwang Soo

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1977;18(3):257-261.
Published online March 1, 1977.

A Case of Congenital Deformity of the Eye, Combined with Cleft Lip and Palate.

Pyung Soon Kwak, Kwang Soo Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea.

순열 (脣裂) 및 구개열을 (口蓋裂) 동반한 선천성안검 및 안구기형 1예

곽평순 , 김광수 ( Pyung Soon Kwak , Kwang Soo Kim )

Abstract

We have experienced a case of congenital deformity of the eye, which was unilateral, combined with cleft lip and palate. Oblique facial cleft is the most uncomnon facial cleft. The cleft follows an oblique line extending from the upper lip, lateral to the philtrum and nostril, toward the eye. The coloboma of the lower lid and enlarged bifid of the cornea were formed by part of a deep groove dong the lateral aspect of the nose, together with the presence of the cleft lip and palate. In the present case, the malformation may have resulted from abnormalities in the germ cells themselves or from amniotic abnormal pressure, or from the formation of amniotic bands or adhesions.