Objective: To assess fetal and neonatal eyes abnormalities and their progression during the last ZIKV outbreak and summarize learned lessons.
Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted by a team of obstetricians and ophthalmologists.
Results: Studies reporting ocular abnormalities during the prenatal ( = 5) and postnatal ( = 24) periods were included in the analysis. In the prenatal period, the most common ocular findings were intraocular calcification cases (4/6, 66.6%) and microphthalmia (3/6, 50%). Postnatal ocular abnormalities of congenital ZIKV infection were described after birth in 479 cases. Among them microphthalmia was reported in 13 cases (13/479, 2.7%). Posterior segment (retina and optic nerve) was the most affected structure, consisting of pigmentary changes (229/479, 47.8%), macular chorioretinal atrophy (216/479, 45%), optic nerve atrophy (181/479, 37.8%), increased cup-to-disk ratio (190/479, 39.6.%), optic nerve hypoplasia (93/479,19.4%), vascular changes (26/479, 5.4%), and retinal coloboma (20/479, 4.1%). The anterior segment was involved in 4.6% (22/479) of cases, including cataract (9/479, 1.8%), lens subluxation (1/479, 0.2%), iris coloboma (5/479, 1%), and congenital glaucoma (7/479, 1.4%). These ocular anomalies were isolated in one case (1/479, 0.2%) and multiple anomalies were found in the other cases. Long-term visual disorders have been described, with no possible improvement and even a worsening of some of the ocular anomalies previously observed. No reactivation of ocular lesions was observed.
Conclusion: This review highlights the severe ocular abnormalities associated with congenital ZIKV infections. The importance of multidisciplinary communication between the obstetrician, the maternal-fetal medicine specialist, and the ophthalmologist is emphasized.
Protocol Registration: This systematic review was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO), registration440 188.
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Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil.
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Department of Ophthalmology, Cochin Hospital, Université Paris-Cité, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Inserm, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Unit 1138 team 17, Paris, France.
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