Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus
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J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus · Mar 1982
Case ReportsThe natural history of congenital sutural cataracts. Case report with long-term follow-up.
A 21-year-old patient is presented in whom striking regression of congenital sutural cataracts and progression of lamellar cataracts were documented photographically over an 18-year period. These unexplained findings are at variance with the prevailing impression that congenital nuclear and sutural cataracts are stationary in postnatal life.
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Two hundred fifty-two undamaged human fetuses without external malformations were supplied by the human embryo and fetus collection of the Department of Anatomy, Kyoto University. The sagittal, vertical and horizontal diameters of the eyeball were measured by micrometer, and the transverse, vertical and horizontal circumferences of the eyeball were measured by mapmeter from photographs of the side views of the eye. All the diameters of the eyeball showed a parallel linear increase from the 12th to the 40th week of menstrual age. ⋯ It is significant that the sagittal diameter of the eyeball is shorter than the vertical and transverse diameters during fetal life. The vertical meridian circumference of the eyeball is also shorter than the transverse and horizontal meridian circumferences during fetal life. These findings suggest that many infants are apt to have hyperopia at birth.
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J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus · Sep 1979
Case ReportsSubperiosteal hematomas of the orbit in young males: a serious complication of trauma or surgery in the eye region.
Three documented cases of subperiosteal hematomas in the region of the orbital roof of young males are used to demonstrate the unpredictable appearance, the obscure nature, the complications and the treatment of this process. One case occurred in a 14-year-old boy following blunt head trauma and was cured by aspiration. ⋯ The third case developed in an 18-year-old male as a complication of acute purulent endophthalmitis following an intraocular foreign body. The aim of this study is to separate subperiosteal hematomas and to show that it is a concise clinical entity with its own typical history, appearance and treatment.