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Case Reports
. 1999 Apr-Jun;18(2):141-3.

Congenital anophthalmos in Benin city, Nigeria

C U Ukponmwan  1
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Case Reports

Congenital anophthalmos in Benin city, Nigeria

C U Ukponmwan. West Afr J Med. 1999 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Clinical Anophthalmos is a very rare condition and this is illustrated in Benin City, Nigeria where the two cases described are the only cases that have been seen at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital over a period of twenty years. The two cases were unilateral anophthalmos. The first case is a case of primary anophthalmos while the second case is the consecutive or degenerative type of anophthalmos.

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