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[Congenital malformations of the eyeball and its appendices in Zaire]
D Kaimbo Wa Kaimbo1, A Mwilambwe Wa Mwilambwe, D L Kayembe
1Service d'Ophtalmologie, Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Zaïre.
Objective:
to determine the epidemiology of congenital eye malformations.
Methods:
the records of 1740 patients (1913 eyes) with congenital eye malformations seen from 1962 through 1992 were reviewed.
Results:
the prevalence rate of congenital eye malformations was 2.2%. Congenital cataract (38%), atresia of the naso-lacrimal duct (10%), congenital glaucoma (9%), congenital ptosis (8%), microphthalmos (8%), albinism of iris (8%), microcornea (7%) were the most frequent eye malformations. The common types of associated malformations included albinism, microcephaly, cardiopathy and anomalies of ears.
Conclusion:
the findings of this study were similar to those published in Europe and United States.