title: Ophthalmological findings in infants with microcephaly and presumable intra-uterus Zika virus infection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In 2015, a twenty-fold increase in the prevalence of microcephaly in Brazil was reported, and the Ministry of Health associated this abnormal prevalence with the maternal-fetal Zika virus (ZIKV) transmission.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed the ophthalmological findings of ten mothers and their infants that had been clinically diagnosed with ZIKV-related microcephaly and presented ocular abnormalities, born from May to December 2015.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven mothers (70.0%) referred symptoms during pregnancy (malaise, rash and arthralgia), of which six (85.7%) were in the first trimester. At the time of exam, no ophthalmological abnormalities were identified in the mothers and they did not report ocular symptoms during pregnancy. Serology was negative in all infants for Toxoplasmosis, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, Syphilis and Human Immunodeficiency Viruses. Ocular findings included macular alterations (gross pigment mottling and/or chorioretinal atrophy) in fifteen eyes (75.0%), and optic nerve abnormalities (hypoplasia with double-ring sign, pallor, and/or increased cup-to-disk ratio) in nine eyes (45.0%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients presented normal anterior segment and important macular and optic nerve abnormalities. Further studies will assess the visual significance of these alterations.
authors: Fundação Altino Ventura, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Camila V
authors: CV
authors: Ventura
authors: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Mauricio
authors: M
authors: Maia
authors: Fundação Altino Ventura, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Bruna V
authors: BV
authors: Ventura
authors: Hospital Barão de Lucena, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Vanessa Van Der
authors: VV
authors: Linden
authors: Fundação Altino Ventura, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Eveline B
authors: EB
authors: Araújo
authors: Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Regina C
authors: RC
authors: Ramos
authors: Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Maria Angela W
authors: MA
authors: Rocha
authors: Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Maria Durce C G
authors: MD
authors: Carvalho
authors: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Rubens
authors: R
authors: Belfort
authors: Fundação Altino Ventura, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Liana O
authors: LO
authors: Ventura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D008831:Microcephaly / Q000821:virology*; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000821:virology*; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000150:complications*