ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To evaluate the intraocular pressure (IOP) and central corneal thickness (CCT) in premature low birth weight (LBW) infants and their correlation with gestational age (GA). METHODS: IOP and CCT were measured in premature LBW infants (defined as a birth weight ≤ 1,500 g or birth GA ≤ 30 weeks) admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Florida Division of Neonatology, UF Health Jacksonville. RESULTS: Ninety eyes of 45 premature LBW infants with mean birth GA of 28.2 ± 2.3 weeks and mean birth weight of 1,131.5 ± 380.1 g were evaluated. The mean IOP and CCT were 29.0 ± 9.0 mm Hg and 660.0 ± 65.0 µm, respectively. There was no correlation between the IOP and CCT (r = 0.09; P = .38). There was a negative correlation between IOP and GA (r = -0.41) and between CCT and GA (r = -0.26). CONCLUSIONS: IOP is higher and CCT is thicker in premature infants compared to adults; however, there was no correlation between IOP and CCT. [J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2016;53(5):300-304.].
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Infant, Low Birth Weight/physiology , Infant, Premature/physiology , Intraocular Pressure/physiology , Birth Weight , Child, Preschool , Cornea/anatomy & histology , Corneal Pachymetry , Female , Gestational Age , Humans , Infant , Male , Premature Birth , Reference Values , Tonometry, OcularSubject(s)
Facial Neoplasms , Hemangioma, Capillary , Orbital Neoplasms , Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use , Child , Child, Preschool , Facial Neoplasms/diagnosis , Facial Neoplasms/pathology , Facial Neoplasms/therapy , Female , Hemangioma, Capillary/diagnosis , Hemangioma, Capillary/pathology , Hemangioma, Capillary/therapy , Humans , Infant , Male , Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures , Orbital Neoplasms/diagnosis , Orbital Neoplasms/pathology , Orbital Neoplasms/therapy , Steroids/therapeutic useABSTRACT
About 80% of cat-scratch disease (CSD) infections occur in children, and CSD neuroretinitis (optic neuropathy with retinal exudates in a "macular star" pattern) mostly occurs in children and young adults. A recent study suggested that CSD optic neuropathy has specific features on MR imaging. However, MR imaging findings in CSD neuroretinitis are not well described in the pediatric literature. We present a patient with CSD neuroretinitis in whom these specific MR imaging features preceded the macular star, a funduscopic finding strongly suggestive of neuroretinitis. This case demonstrates how knowledge of these features is important in the appropriate diagnostic work-up of optic neuropathy. MR imaging also incidentally revealed neuritis of another cranial nerve in the auditory canal-a rare manifestation of CSD.
