Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum in a New Born.

Abstract

A 6 day old male baby born to second gravida mother presented with complains of rapid breathing for two days. On examination he was lethargic, heart rate was 154/minute, respiratory rate 64/minute, temperature was 36.40C. He had cleft lip and cleft palate and ophthalmic examination revealed a single central extensile thin fibrous adhesion between the eyelid margins at the grey line of the left eye (Fig. 1).