Congenital varicella cataract.
A 16-month-old boy with 1:16 and 1:8 serum titers to varicella zoster fluorescent membrane antigen had had unilateral cataract and microphthalmos since birth. The mother had suffered varicella during the fourth month of pregnancy. Cataract aspiration in the child was uncomplicated.
D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital* / Q000209:etiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second
D000914:Antibodies, Viral