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Brittle cornea syndrome (disorder)
Brittle cornea syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 6B
Brittle cornea syndrome (BCS) is a form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with characteristics of severe ocular manifestations due to extreme corneal thinning and fragility with rupture in the absence of significant trauma. BCS generally progresses to blindness.
'brittle cornea'-syndroom
BCS
Id719096006
StatusPrimitive
Associated morphologyDysplasia
Finding siteBone structure
OccurrenceCongenital
Pathological processPathological developmental process
Associated morphologyDysplasia
Finding siteSkin structure
OccurrenceCongenital
Pathological processPathological developmental process
DHD Diagnosis thesaurus reference set
ICD-10 complex map reference set
TargetQ79.6
RuleTRUE
AdviceALWAYS Q79.6
CorrelationSNOMED CT source code to target map code correlation not specified