Prevalence of congenital eye anomalies in a paediatric clinic in Ghana

Aa, Ilechie; Va, Essuman; S, Enyionam

doi:10.26719/2013.19.supp3.s76

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“…Sex distribution was found to be higher in males and prevalence of congenital ocular anomaly was higher within 4 years of age which is comparable with other study. 3,6,7 Most common disorder in our study is congenital cataract followed by uveal coloboma than whole globe anomaly like microphthalmos and anophthalomos, which is similar to the other studies. 3,6,7 Our study showed majority of congenital cataract were in the first birth rank and rest of anomaly like microphthalmos, anophthalomos, uveal coloboma and congenital glaucoma are more common in second birth rank, which is similar to another study done by Dutta and Bhattacharjee where incidence of congenital cataract is highest in second birth rank Incidence of colobomatous defect of the globe is highest in second birth rank (27%); next frequencies in third (20.43%) and then in fourth birth order (17.51%).…”

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Study on ocular anomalies in pediatric patients with special reference to congenital anomalies

Paul

Kuli

2021

Int J Res Med Sci

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Background: Aim of the study was to study the proportion, clinical and etiological profile of congenital ocular anomalies in pediatric patients and limit its magnitude wherever possible so that preventable blindness can be dealt effectively.Methods: Present study was carried out in AMCH, Dibrugarh during the period of July 2018-June 2019. Total 1850 pediatric cases were examined, VA testing was done by Snellen’s chart or clinical judgment by HM, PL and PR also with Allen pictures in preschool children and in infants’ pupillary response and OKN were done. Examination under general anesthesia was done when necessary for posterior segment evaluation and IOP estimation.Results: Proportion congenital ocular anomalies were found to be 13.72%. Male:female ratio was found to be 1.8:1 where majority of cases were within 4 years of age. Most common congenital anomaly was congenital cataract followed by uveal coloboma, microphthalmos and anophthalmos etc. Majority of congenital cataract were in first birth rank and in 4.33% cases parents gave history of consanguinity.Conclusions: The prevalence of congenital anomaly varies in different aspects like age, sex, dwelling, socioeconomic class etc., factors like maternal infection, medication during pregnancy and maternal nutrition may have influence on production of congenital anomalies. Treatable congenital anomaly like congenital cataract, congenital glaucoma, eyelid coloboma etc. should be managed by ophthalmologist. Various demographic and mainly maternal factors which are found in study give a clue for further study on those group of people to get a conclusion for the etiology of ocular congenital anomalies concerned.

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Study on ocular anomalies in pediatric patients with special reference to congenital anomalies

Paul

Kuli

2021

Int J Res Med Sci

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“…esotropia 11.1%/ and Ptosis 5.7%. 19 Out of 2254 children (0-5 years) examined at ophthalmology unit at Yaounde Gynae and Pediatric hospital (From Jan 2003 to Dec.2009), 150 presented eye anomalies. The most common anomalies were congenital lacrimal duct obstruction (66.66%), congenital cataract (10.9%) congenital glaucoma (10.9%) and congenital ptosis (3.77%).…”

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Congenita ptosis; Frequency of congenital ptosis.

Niazi¹

2020

TPMJ

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Objectives: To compare the frequency of congenital ptosis of Pakistani children with the children of the world. Study Design: Comparative study. Setting: Al Shifa Tertiary Eye Hospital Rawalpindi. Period: August 2013 to September 2016. Material & Methods: The record of admitted patients of all malformations of eyes was collected from pediatric eye department from age zero to 15 years. The data of each eye malformation was documented separately as per age and gender. The total numbers of eye malformations were arranged according to prevalence, age and gender. The data was analyzed separately for frequency, age and gender. All data was analyzed and arranged according to percentage of frequency, gender and age. The age data was analyzed making different age groups. Seven groups of age were made with 2 years difference between each group starting from age 0 to 15 years. The number of male and females were calculated in each age group. Total numbers of each malformation was calculated separately and percentage of each malformation calculated as per simple mathematical way to total malformations. Results: The data of five hundreds and fourteen congenital malformations of eyes was collected. The numbers of male patients were 289 and female patients were 225. As per percentage the males were 56.2% and females patients were 43.8 %. The patient age range was from age zero to fifteen years. The majority of the patients were between ages zero to two years. The total numbers of patients in this age group were 222. Out of 222 patients the males were 120 and females were 102. The total percentage of this age group was 43.2 % among all age groups. The most common frequency of eye malformation was cataract i.e. 116 (22.6 %) patients followed by lacrimal apparatus anomalies i.e. 103(20 %) and ptosis was 45 (8.8 %). Conclusion: The frequency of congenital ptosis is the third most common eye malformation among total eye malformations in this study.

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“…[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Eballe et al [13] reported a prevalence of 6.65% among children aged 0-5 years in Cameroun while Kaimbo Wa Kaimbo et al [14] reported a prevalence of 2.2% in Zaire. Furthermore, Ilechie et al [8] reported a markedly high prevalence 54% in a Ghanaian Paediatric Eye Centre that receives referral from the whole country while Bermejo and Martinez-Friaz reported a prevalence of 3.68/10000 newborns in an analysis of consecutive births in Spain [9]. In the light of the foregoing, the prevalence of COA varies from country to country and from region to region within the same country.…”

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“…In this study, COA was slightly more prevalent among males. Many authors had reported the predominance of COA among males [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]12]. On the contrary, Adekoya et al [11] reported COA predominance among the females studied.…”

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“…Globally, the pattern of congenital ocular anomalies varies from region to region. Congenital cataract and glaucoma had been reported to be the most common anomalies in developing countries [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] while anophthalmos, microphthalmos and coloboma are predominant in developed nations [9]. Severe visual loss arising from some of these ocular anomalies in early childhood could adversely affect their development, mobility, education, social life and employment opportunities [2].…”

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Pattern of Congenital Ocular Anomalies among Children Seen at a West African Tertiary Eye Care Centre

Musa

Agboola

Sam-Oyerinde

et al. 2020

TOOAJ

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Methods: A retrospective chart review of children below the age of 16 years who were diagnosed of any type of congenital ocular anomaly at the Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinic of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) between January, 2012 and December, 2018 was done. Information concerning age at presentation, gender, affected eye(s), visual acuity and type of congenital anomaly were retrieved from the case files.Results: Seven hundred and forty-five eyes of 470 patients with congenital anomalies which constituted 13.6% of all the new pediatric ophthalmic consultations were studied. Two hundred and seventy-five (58.5%) children had bilateral ocular involvement while 262 (55.7%) presented within the first year of life. The median age was 0.92 years with an interquartile range of 2.67 years. There were 255 (54.5%) males with a male to female ratio of 1.2:1. Congenital cataract was the most common congenital ocular anomaly documented in 224 (30.1%) eyes of 133 patients. This was followed by congenital squint (131 eyes, 17.6%), congenital glaucoma (91 eyes, 12.2%) and corneal opacity (52 eyes, 7.0%). Overall, cataract, squint, glaucoma, corneal opacity, nasolacrimal duct obstruction and ptosis accounted for 79.0% of the congenital ocular anomalies documented in this study. Conclusion:Congenital ocular anomalies accounted for 13.6% of Paediatric ophthalmic consultations in this study. Congenital cataract, squint, glaucoma, corneal opacity, nasolacrimal duct obstruction and ptosis were the most common congenital ocular anomalies observed.

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Prevalence of congenital eye anomalies in a paediatric clinic in Ghana

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Study on ocular anomalies in pediatric patients with special reference to congenital anomalies

Study on ocular anomalies in pediatric patients with special reference to congenital anomalies

Congenita ptosis; Frequency of congenital ptosis.

Pattern of Congenital Ocular Anomalies among Children Seen at a West African Tertiary Eye Care Centre

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