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Ophthalmological symptoms in children with intracranial cysts
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Gotz Wieckowska A
; Glowka L
; Brazert A
; Pawlak M
Sci Rep
2017[Oct]; 7
(1
): 13630
PMID29051539
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The purpose of this study was to perform an ophthalmological assessment in
children with intracranial cysts and to assess the correlation between the
occurrence of cysts and visual disorders. The documentation of 46 children with
intracranial cysts, monitored by the Children's Outpatient Ophthalmology Clinic,
Poznan, Poland was analysed. The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), the
alignment of the eyes, visual evoked potentials (VEP), comprehensive eye
examination were performed in all patients. Additional ophthalmological tests
were conducted to eliminate other causes of decreased visual acuity.Included in
the final analysis were 26 children (52 eyes). The average age at the last visit
was 10.3 years. Sixteen children (61.5%) had arachnoid cysts located in the
posterior cranial fossa, 3 children (11.5%) in the middle cranial fossa, while 7
children (27%) had a pineal cyst. Decreased BCVA was found in 13 children,
abnormal VEP in 13, strabismus in 14 patients (53.9%), nystagmus in 5 patients
(19.2%), and double vision in 2 patients (7.7%). Numerous visual disorders in
children with intracranial cysts suggest the necessity to carry out enhanced
ophthalmological diagnostics in these patients. In the examined patient group,
visual disorders occurred mostly in the case of arachnoid cysts of the posterior
fossa.
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