CASE REPORTS

Isolated ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum: A case report

Alice Venyir Ramyil¹, Tenmang Panshak¹, Naomi Saleh¹, Noah Akpa¹, Akintunde Akintayo², Patricia Wade¹

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
²Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Dipuo Masege
Division of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Room 7, Friends of Bara Building, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand Soweto, Johannesburg South Africa

Source of Support: None
Conflict of Interest: None

Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum (AFA) is a rare congenital anomaly consisting of partial or complete adhesion of the upper and lower eyelids, and it can be an isolated finding, or associated with other multisystemic anomalies. Its presence should alert the neonatologist of the need for a detailed systemic evaluation. We present a twenty day old baby who presented to our facility on the 8th of August 2019, with bilateral adhesions of the upper and lower eyelids, and had them excised with the use of McPherson’s forceps and Vannas scissors, with no sedation or anesthesia. Timely separation of the lids is important to prevent the onset of stimulus deprivation amblyopia.