Corneal ectasia and high ametropia in an infant with microcephaly associated with presumed Zika virus congenital infection: new ocular findings

Galton Carvalho Vasconcelos; Carolina Milagres Macedo Pereira; Cristina Helena Toledo de Paula; Pamela de Souza Haueisen Barbosa; Davi Machado de Souza; Letícia Maria Coelho

doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2019.08.281

Corneal ectasia and high ametropia in an infant with microcephaly associated with presumed Zika virus congenital infection: new ocular findings

J AAPOS. 2019 Dec;23(6):354-356. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2019.08.281. Epub 2019 Nov 9.

Authors

Galton Carvalho Vasconcelos¹, Carolina Milagres Macedo Pereira², Cristina Helena Toledo de Paula², Pamela de Souza Haueisen Barbosa², Davi Machado de Souza², Letícia Maria Coelho²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology in Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Electronic address: galton@lua.com.br.
² Department of Ophthalmology in Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

PMID: 31707055
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2019.08.281

Abstract

We report the first case of a corneal ocular ectasia in an infant with Zika virus congenital infection (CZS). We suspect that the ocular embryology and neurotropism of the Zika virus could account for the corneal involvement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Corneal Diseases / complications*
Corneal Diseases / diagnosis
Dilatation, Pathologic / complications
Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnosis
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Microcephaly / complications*
Refractive Errors / diagnosis
Refractive Errors / etiology*
Zika Virus Infection / complications*
Zika Virus Infection / diagnosis