Abstrakt

Bilateral ankyloblepharon following traditional eye medication use- case report.

Omotoye J Olusola*, Ajayi Iyiade A , Salami Kayode

Traditional ocular medicines are reported to be responsible for 8-10% of corneal blindness in Africa. The sequelae might not be reversible or very expensive to manage. We present a 22 year old unemployed female who was bilaterally blind and was unable to open both lids for 5 years following her visit to the traditional healer where she applied traditional eye medications to both eyes in a community in South western part of the Nigeria. On examination, we found a generalized depressed young girl with total Ankyloblepharon bilaterally. We found it difficult to assess the visual acuity due to Ankyloblepharon in both eyes. A restorative Adhesiolysis with keratoepitheliectomy was done.