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Rare Disease

familial pterygium of the conjunctiva

MONDO:0008337

Also known as:pterygium of conjunctiva and corneapterygium of the conjunctiva and cornea

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Overview

Familial pterygium of the conjunctiva is a rare form of pterygium, which develops in early adulthood, characterized by a wing-like bulbar thickening of the conjunctiva in the interpalpebral fissure area that can be cured by surgical excision.

GeneticsAutosomal dominant

Clinical Trials10 registered · 3 recruiting

Clinical Presentation

Features include: Abnormal conjunctiva morphology and Pterygium.

Organ System	Phenotype Count	Example Features
Eyes	1	Abnormal conjunctiva morphology

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Diagnosis

Biomarker and diagnostic research for familial pterygium of the conjunctiva has been reported in the published literature.

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

10 clinical trials registered, 3 recruiting. Interventions under study include procedural interventions, drug therapy, medical devices, and biologic therapy. Pipeline includes 1 PHASE4, 1 PHASE3, 1 PHASE1. Research is sponsored by a mix of industry and academic institutions.

NCT ID	Title	Phase	Sponsor	Status
[NCT03321201](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03321201)

Data assembled from 6 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 20, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC

MONDOHPOClinicalTrials.govFDAPubMedHGNCClinVarClinGenGeneReviewsOrphanetOMIMRUSP

Medical References

External Resources

OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

OMIM:178000

Orphanet

European rare disease database

Orphanet:2989

GARD

Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center

GARD:4569

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Research Type	Count	% of Total
Laboratory research	48	29%
Clinical study results	38	23%
Research summaries	30	18%
Disease patterns and progression	20	12%
Patient case studies	12	7%
Testing and diagnosis research	8	5%
New treatment approaches	6	4%
Other research	3	2%

familial pterygium of the conjunctiva

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