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JOURNAL OF AAPOS
Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages 300-304Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2017.05.024
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PURPOSE To describe and analyze ocular features in infants with microcephaly due to presumed congenital Zika syndrome. METHODS Ophthalmologic evaluation, including indirect ophthalmoscopy and eye fundus imaging, visual acuity testing with Teller Acuity Cards, and strabismus assessment were performed in infants with microcephaly at a nongovernmental organization clinic for visually disabled children. RESULTS A total of 70 infants with microcephaly were referred to the clinic. Of these, 25 (mean age, 3 months; 14 males) had ophthalmologic changes: 18 (26%) had intraocular abnormalities, including macular chorioretinal atrophy, mottled retinal pigment epithelium and optic nerve pallor; 7 patients (10%) had strabismus or nystagmus without intraocular abnormalities. Visual acuity was below normal range in all 11 infants tested. CONCLUSIONS Ophthalmologic abnormalities occurred in 36% of the patients. Macular circumscribed chorioretinal atrophy, focal mottled retinal pigment epithelium, optic nerve pallor, early-onset strabismus, nystagmus and low visual acuity were common ophthalmological features in infants with microcephaly due to presumed congenital Zika syndrome. (J AAPOS 2017;21:300-304)
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