Visual development in infants with prenatal post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to assess visual function in 13 infants with evidence of prenatal post haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation.


METHODS
Infants were assessed at 5, 12 and 24 months using a battery of tests specifically designed to assess various aspects of visual function in infancy. Visual findings were correlated with several variables, including extent of the lesion and presence of epilepsy.


CONCLUSIONS
Abnormalities of visual function were frequent (over 60%) in our cohort at age 2 years, ranging from isolated abnormal ocular movements to severe abnormalities of all the aspects of visual function assessed. The most severe and persistent abnormalities of visual function were found in infants with grade IV intraventricular haemorrhage and shunted hydrocephalus who also had epilepsy in the first year.
Ricci
Daniela
D
Pediatric Neurology Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Luciano
Rita
R
Baranello
Giovanni
G
Veredice
Chiara
C
Cesarini
Laura
L
Bianco
Flaviana
F
Pane
Marika
M
Gallini
Francesca
F
Vasco
Gessica
G
Savarese
Immacolata
I
Zuppa
Antonio A
AA
Masini
Lucia
L
Di Rocco
Concezio
C
Romagnoli
Costantino
C
Guzzetta
Francesco
F
Mercuri
Eugenio
E
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000196:embryology / Q000209:etiology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000196:embryology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields