Bilateral congenital anophthalmia

Age: 1   Sex: M

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Diagnosis:

Bilateral congenital anophthalmos with severe eyelid retraction, reduced conjunctival sac and slight enophthalmos.
Surgery:

No surgery executed.

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Prosthesis:

PMMA clear pediatric orbital expander fitting. This expander was periodically replaced to improve correct development of anophthalmic socket and later was hand-painted.

Subsequently blepharostat-conformer fitting.

Results after 11 years from the first session.

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