Cyclopia often results in a miscarriage or stillbirth. Survival after birth is mostly a matter of a few hours. It occurs in about 1 in 100,000 newborns. There’s no way to prevent cyclopia and ...

SHAH ALAM – Cyclopia, a rare birth defect characterised by the presence of a single eye and the absence of a nose, is a severe developmental anomaly. This condition occurs in approximately one ...

(1) Cyclopia occurs in mammals, birds and fishes. (2) The mammalian cyclops does not live long on account of inability to breathe. (3) All gradations from a single median eye to an hour-glass eye and ...