Cryptophthalmos is a rare congenital anomaly in which the skin is continuous over the eyeball with absence of palpebral fissures and presence of eyelashes.
Failure of eyelid separation can be associated with maldevelopment of the underlying cornea and microphthalmia.
[3] Abortive cryptophthalmos is characterized by the absence of the upper eyelid as well as 75% of the cornea adhered to and covered by the forehead skin.
Ultrasound will show a lack of palpebral fissure between the lower and upper eyelids.
[3] There is not much potential for perfect vision in cryptophthalmos, therefore treatment is mostly focused on the reconstruction of the eye.