Electroretinography combined with spectral domain optical coherence tomography to detect retinal damage in shaken baby syndrome.

Abstract

In order to correlate anatomical changes with visual function in shaken baby syndrome, we performed electroretinography and spectral domain optical coherence tomography on a 2-month-old girl and a 9-month-old girl after the retinal hemorrhages absorbed. Both patients had significant abnormalities in spectral domain optical coherence tomography images of the macular area. The amplitudes of the focal macular electroretinograms were more severely decreased than those of the full-field electroretinograms. Combining spectral domain coherence tomography with focal macular electroretinograms might better estimate the functional damage to the macula in patients with shaken baby syndrome.

• Authors: Yuri Nakayama, Tadashi Yokoi, Nishina Sachiko, Makiko Okuyama, Noriyuki Azuma
• Journal: Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (J AAPOS) Vol. 17 Issue 4 Pg. 411-3 (Aug 2013) ISSN: 1528-3933 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 23871295 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2013 American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Electroretinography (methods)
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Retinal Hemorrhage (diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology)
• Shaken Baby Syndrome (complications)
• Tomography, Optical Coherence (methods)