symblepharon

Etiology

• trachoma
• trauma
• cicatricial pemphigoid
• severe cases of rosacea
• congenital (rare)

Pathology

• partial or complete adhesion of the palpebral conjunctiva of the eyelid to the bulbar conjunctiva of the eyeball

More general terms

• conjunctival disease
• abnormal morphologic structure (malformation)