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PURPOSE: Presentation of diagnostic methods and results obtained in childre with nystagmus, with suspicion of ocular albinism. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Records of 9 children (range 0.2 to 5.5 years) are presented. In all cases family history, ophthalmic examination and visual evoked potentials were analyzed. RESULTS: Clinical signs of ocular albinism were found in all patients. 2 children had cutaneous albinism, VEP records of 7 children indicated abnormalities typical for albinism, clinical signs of gene carrying were found in 7 mothers. CONCLUSIONS: Clinical signs enable us to diagnose ocular albinism with relatively high probability, nevertheless characteristic VEP records confirm diagnosis in clinically difficult cases.
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Albinismo Oculocutâneo/complicações , Albinismo Oculocutâneo/diagnóstico , Nistagmo Congênito/complicações , Nistagmo Congênito/diagnóstico , Albinismo Oculocutâneo/genética , Pré-Escolar , Potenciais Evocados Visuais , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Estimulação Luminosa , Acuidade VisualRESUMO
We present the case of 13-years old girl with recurrent unilateral painful proptosis and associated with other ocular features: loss of vision, disc edema, macular edema, folds at the posterior pole. Ultrasound examination with CT scan were necessary to make the differential diagnosis of orbital tumors. The patognomonic sign "T" on B scan was extremely essential in the clinical diagnosis of posterior scleritis.
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Esclerite/diagnóstico por imagem , Adolescente , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Radiografia , UltrassonografiaRESUMO
Authors present diagnostic procedures and dinical features of the congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) in 19 patients. Effective therapy of the concomitant ophthalmological pathologies usually improves patient's vision ability.
