Don't Miss This! Red Flags in the Pediatric Eye Examination: Abnormal Red Reflex.

Jill Anderson

Journal: Journal of binocular vision and ocular motility 2020;69(3):106-109

PMID: 31329054

Abstract

Abnormal red reflexes in children can be signs of serious vision and life-threatening problems. Bilateral abnormality or asymmetry in color or brightness of the red reflex can represent entities such as anisometropia, strabismus, cataracts, or retinoblastoma and requires prompt evaluation by an ophthalmologist.

Address: a Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota.

DOI: 10.1080/2576117X.2019.1607429

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MeSH Terms: Child, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous, Physical Examination, Retinal Neoplasms, Retinal Telangiectasis, Retinoblastoma, Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative