CIM11 5B55.4

Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration or keratomalacia

chapitre: 05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
bloc: Undernutrition
definition: Ulceration/keratomalacia indicates permanent destruction of part or all of the corneal stroma, resulting in permanent structural alteration. Ulcers are classically round to oval "punched-out" defects, as if a trephine or cork-borer had been applied to the eye. The surrounding cornea is generally xer
type: category
navigateur oms (fr): https://icd.who.int/browse/2026-01/mms/fr#681973206 ↗