Bilateral congenital anophthalmia and secondary conjunctival neoplasia

Age: 5 months   Sex: M

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Diagnosis:

Bilateral congenital anophthalmos.

Severe bilateral orbital retraction and underdevelopment.
Surgery:

Neoplastic lesion removal in 2002. No other 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 15 years from the first session.

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