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Eye Disorders of the Newborn

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There are multiple eye disorders that can present in the neonatal period, with which the pediatrician should be familiar. Some are isolated to the eye; others have systemic manifestations. The primary care pediatrician must recognize the signs of serious eye disorders, which if undetected and untreated can lead to blindness in the case of cataracts and to death in the case of retinoblastoma. A thorough eye examination with, at a minimum, visual inspection of the external eye structures plus elicitation of a red reflex is essential. Eye findings may also provide clues to a number of genetic disorders where these findings are peripheral to the overall condition. This chapter covers the common eye observations and diseases seen in the neonatal period, including an abnormal red reflex, cataracts, infections, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), and retinoblastoma.

Abnormal Red Reflex

An uncommon but urgent finding in newborns is an absent or decreased red reflex. This is usually a sign of...

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  1. Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Center for Developmental Biology and Perinatal Medicine, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 4B03, MSC 7510, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Dr. Rosemary D. Higgins M.D.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    Abdelaziz Y. Elzouki (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

  2. National Center of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (NCAAI), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Harb A. Harfi (Director) (Director)

  3. Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Islamic Hospital, Amman, Jordan

    Hisham M. Nazer

  4. Seattle Children's Hospital University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

    F. Bruder Stapleton (Professor and Chair Department of Pediatrics) (Professor and Chair Department of Pediatrics)

  5. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Woman and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA

    William Oh (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

  6. University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Richard J. Whitley (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

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Higgins, R.D. (2012). Eye Disorders of the Newborn. In: Elzouki, A.Y., Harfi, H.A., Nazer, H.M., Stapleton, F.B., Oh, W., Whitley, R.J. (eds) Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02202-9_33

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