Fetal eye ultrasound: Normal anatomy, abnormal findings, and clinical impact. 2024

Karl-Oliver Kagan, and Frank Tost, and Kai-Sven Heling, and Markus Hoopmann, and Jiri Sonek, and Rabih Chaoui
Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Department of Women's Health, Tübingen, Germany.

Until now, ultrasound examination of the fetal eyes has not played an important role in prenatal diagnosis. National and international guidelines are generally confined to documentation of the presence of the orbits and the lenses. However, in recent years, with the advent of high-resolution ultrasound technology and increasing knowledge of prenatal medicine and genetics, careful examination of the fetal eye has enabled the detection of many ocular malformations before birth. This article provides an overview of the anatomy related to the development of the fetal eye and covers the following conditions: hypertelorism, hypotelorism, exophthalmos, microphthalmos, coloboma, cataract, persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous, retinal detachment, dacryocystocele, and septooptic dysplasia, etc. It is designed to illustrate the spectrum of ocular malformations and their appearance on prenatal ultrasound and to discuss their clinical impact and association with various syndromes.

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