title: [Ocular involvement in congenital Chagas disease].
abstract: Ophthalmic compromise is infrequent in children with congenital Chagas disease. We present 3 patients under 2 months of age, with ocular involvement, all of them referred to the hospital for ophthalmic evaluation of the premature newborn. The ophthalmic finding was bilateral severe vitreitis (posterior uveitis) related to Chagas disease. They received antiparasitic therapy with a good outcome in all cases. Chagas disease must be considered as differential diagnosis of ocular pathology in those countries where the pathology is endemic, and fundoscopic evaluation must be done in those children with the diagnosis, especially those symptomatic and prematurely born.
authors.affiliation: Control Epidemiológico e Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina. griselberberian@yahoo.com.ar
authors.forename: Griselda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berberian
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rosanova
authors.forename: Carina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaldzielski
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paulin
authors.forename: Graciela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galina
mesh_terms: D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*