title: Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in infancy.
abstract: A 5-week-old male infant had small stature, microphthalmia, bilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachments, ventricular septal defect, and fundus lesions suggestive of previous chorioretinitis. Diagnostic workup failed to disclose a cause of the intraocular disorder. Bilateral retinal detachment surgery, performed when the boy was 2 and 3 months of age, has appeared successful 12 months postoperatively. This may be a description of the youngest patient with rhegmatogenous retinal detachments that were subsequently repaired.
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D005260:Female; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*