Clinical features of fundus diseases of familial congenital nystagmus
10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2018.2.43
- VernacularTitle:家族性先天性眼球震颤患者眼底病变特点的临床观察
- Author:
Xiao-Hua XIE
1
;
Ying CHEN
;
Lu LYU
;
Heng-Qing LUO
;
Qi-Xia LIU
Author Information
1. 武汉爱尔眼科医院汉口医院
- Keywords:
familial;
congenital nystagmus;
fundus diseases
- From:
International Eye Science
2018;18(2):367-372
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
AIM: To investigate the clinical features of fundus diseases of familial congenital nystagmus.?METHODS: Totally 40 eyes of 20 nystagmus patients from 3 congenital nystagmus families were enrolled in our study. The eye position, refractive error, anterior segment and fundus, including fundus photograph, optical coherence tomography ( OCT) , and visual evoked potential ( VEP) were performed on them.?RESULTS: There were 8 patients in Family A, all of which were horizontal nystagmus, in that 6 cases of strabismus ( 2 of which combined with compensatory head posture) , 2 cases of nuclear cataract, 2 cases of posterior polar cataract, 1 case of retinopathy of prematurity, 2 cases of severe ametropia. There were 6 patients in Family B, all of which were horizontal nystagmus, in that 3 cases of albinism ( 2 of which combined with macular hypoplasia) , 2 cases of severe ametropia, 1 case of achromatopsia, 1 case of nuclear cataract. There were 6 patients in Family C (5 of which were horizontal nystagmus and 1 rotatory nystagmus) ,2 cases of Leber congenital amaurosis, 1 case of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, 2 cases of posterior polar cataract, 1 case of iris atrophy, 2 cases of strabismus.?CONCLUSION:We have to do detailed examinations on patients suffered from familial congenital nystagmus to understand its causes and to improve their visual functions as well as possible.
