Diagnostic utility of point-of-care ultrasound and optical coherence tomography for papilloedema in children: a prospective pilot study.

Background/aims: Papilloedema is an important sign of serious neurological disease, but it can be difficult to detect on funduscopy. The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) for detecting papilloedema in children.

Methods: This was a prospective observational study at a tertiary care paediatric hospital.

First unilateral glaucoma in an Omani boy with neurofibromatosis type 1 initially presented as proptosis with ectropion uvea.

A 4½-year-old boy presented to the ophthalmology clinic with intermittent left eye (LE) redness, protrusion, and reduced LE vision. He was noticed to have multiple skin hyperpigmented lesions increasing in size and number since birth. Clinically diagnosed as neurofibromatosis (NF)-type I associated with LE glaucoma, axial myopia, and amblyopia.