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BLUE SCLERA [2 records]

Record 1 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A sclera which appears bluish, due to the color of the blood and the pigment in the underlying ciliary body and the choroid, and which may occur normally, as in infants, or pathologically as in Eddowe's disease and osteogenesis imperfecta.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Coloration des sclérotiques pouvant présenter toutes les nuances depuis l'aspect bleuâtre des yeux des enfants nouveau-nés jusqu'à la teinte franchement foncée. Cette coloration, qui prédomine à la région ciliaire et sclérale antérieure, s'observe notamment dans l'ostéogenèse imparfaite.

OBS

Elle provient de ce que la choroïde, noire, se laisse apercevoir à travers la sclère trop mince ou seulement excessivement transparente.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 2 1998-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

A congenital, often hereditary, condition of unknown cause in which the scleras are deep indigo blue, sometimes fading with age.

OBS

[It is] often associated with osteogenesis imperfecta and deafness, but may occur in the absence of bone fragility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Déficience héréditaire dans laquelle la sclérotique apparaît bleuâtre.

OBS

Elle est souvent associée à une fragilité des os et à une surdité parce que faisant partie des ostéogénèses imparfaites.

Key term(s)
  • syndrome des sclérotiques bleues

Spanish

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