title: Ocular manifestations in children with cerebral palsy.
abstract: To evaluate the prevalence of ocular abnormalities among children with cerebral palsy, 140 patients with age between 6 months and 16 years were selected and the overall incidence of ocular abnormalities in this study was 42.1%. Two major ocular abnormalities identified in these cases were strabismus in 36.4%. Myopia was detected in 12.9% children while hypermetropia in 8.6% and astigmatism in 3.6% cases. Non-glaucomatous optic atrophy was present in 10.7% cases and nystagmus in 9.3% cases. Raised intra-ocular pressure was detected in 2.1% cases. Cortical visual impairment was seen in 20.7% children. Ocular abnormalities are frequent manifestations in cerebral palsy patients. Therefore, evaluation of all cerebral palsy cases emphasises the need for a full ophthalmological examination in order to detect ocular problems and to institute necessary therapy of the abnormalities for better livelihood of these physically challenged patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata 700014.
authors.forename: Nirmal Kumar
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Sasmal
authors.forename: Prasenjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maiti
authors.forename: Radhakrishna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: Debabrata
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Subhra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Piyali
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Mukul Chandra
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Asim Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000150:complications