Congenital, bilateral, epithelial ingrowth into the anterior chamber.
Interior limbal staphyloma due to epithelial ingrowth into the anterior chamber appeared at birth in both eyes of a brother and sister born successively in a family of eight children. The possible etiopathogeny of such an uncommon occurrence is discussed.
D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000150:complications; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000150:complications; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000150:complications