Prevalence of refractive errors in Möbius sequence

• Autor(a) principal: Cronemberger,Monica Fialho
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Polati,Mariza, Debert,Iara, Mendonça,Tomás Scalamandré, Souza-Dias,Carlos, Miller,Marilyn, Ventura,Liana Oliveira, Nakanami,Célia Regina, Goldchmit,Mauro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492013000400010
• topic: Möbius syndrome; Refractive errors/epidemiology; Strabismus; Anisometropia; Astigmatism

PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of refractive errors in Möbius sequence. METHODS: This study was carried out during the Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Möbius Society in November 2008. Forty-four patients diagnosed with the Möbius sequence were submitted to a comprehensive assessment, on the following specialties: ophthalmology, neurology, genetics, psychiatry, psychology and dentistry. Forty-three patients were cooperative and able to undertake the ophthalmological examination. Twenty-two (51.2 %) were male and 21 (48.8%) were female. The average age was 8.3 years (from 2 to 17 years). The visual acuity was evaluated using a retro-illuminated logMAR chart in cooperative patients. All children were submitted to exams on ocular motility, cyclopegic refraction, and fundus examination. RESULTS: From the total of 85 eyes, using the spherical equivalent, the major of the eyes (57.6%) were emmetropics (&gt;-0.50 D and <+2.00 D). The prevalence of astigmatism greater than or equal to 0.75 D was 40%. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of refractive errors, by the spherical equivalent, was 42.4% in this studied group.