Recorrência familial de cegueira em três irmãos

• Autor(a) principal: Fraga, Laís de Oliveira Teles
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/13238
• topic: Síndromes; Crianças; Maus-tratos; Queimaduras em crianças; Crianças cegas; Cegueira; Síndrome de Munchausen causada por terceiro; Maus-tratos infantis; Queimaduras oculares; Munchausen Syndrome by proxy; Child abuse; Eye burns; Blindness

Objective: To describe the recurrence of a chemical burn injury in three half-siblings. Methodology: This is a descriptive study of the case report of three half-siblings with blindness. Description: The case presented regards three half-siblings aging 13 years old, 3 years old and 17 months who presented blindness with characteristics compatible with chemical ocular injury. Comments: It is estimated that 14 million of the world's children are blind and the impact of this problem is significantly negative. The chemical burn is one of many causes of child blindness, and sometimes it is triggered by aggression. Munchausen's Syndrome by proxy is a form of abuse in which the female genitor/offender invents or causes illness in the victim. The diagnostic is embarrassed by legal issues and its delay may lead to irreversible damage. Due to the absence of genetic alterations, familial recurrence and lesion pattern Infantile abuse caused by the female genitor was suspected through Factitious disorder imposed on another.