Citation

Lee YH, Lenhart PD, Lambert SR. J. AAPOS 2016; 20(4): 361-362.

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: slamber@emory.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jaapos.2016.02.013

PMID

27223635

Abstract

We report 3 cases of bilateral cataract secondary to self-inflicted blunt eye trauma in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). All 3 children hit their foreheads, orbits, or globes repeatedly for long periods of time and developed cataracts. Clinicians must be aware of this phenomenon to diagnose ocular pathology early and to provide adequate education, counseling, and services to affected patients and their families and to put appropriate postoperative care mechanisms in place to prevent permanent ocular damage.

Copyright © 2016 American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en