title: [Hypoplasia of the optic disc in children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analysis of etiological factors and functional assessment of the eyes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Optic disc hypoplasia was diagnosed in 43 children, aged 12 months--12 years, unilateral in 9 (20.9%). The follow-up ranged from 8 months to 9 years, the mean age of patients during the last examination was 10.4 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The following presumed etiological factors were stated in anamnesis: abose of alcohol by the mothers during pregnancy, syphilis, influenza, herpes and severe anemia. Visual acuity ranged from light perception with false localization to 5/50; in 58% of cases it was not above 1/50 but in 1/5 of the eyes visual acuity for short distance was sufficient for school needs. Concentric contraction and nasal scotoma were revealed in visual field. Hypermetropia was found in 28 eyes. In 3 cases mental dificiency was observed, in 1 of them with atrophy of a temporal cerebral cortex and epilepsia occurred in 1 child.
authors.affiliation: Z Kliniki Okulistyki Dzieciecej I Katedry, Okulistyki Slaskiej AM w Katowicach.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koraszewska-Matuszewska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Samochowiec-Donocik
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rokita-Wala
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D014792:Visual Acuity