Infants born with metopic craniosynostosis are more likely to develop amblyopia and should be referred to a pediatric ophthalmologist for an eye exam. Specialists treating patients with metopic craniosynostosis should be aware of the association of amblyopia with this diagnosis and make timely referrals to an ophthalmologist, said study author Arshad R. Muzaffar, MD, Associate Professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery and the Department of Child Health at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO.
Amblyopia can be successfully treated in children if detected early enough, ideally within the child's first year. Other studies on ocular findings of craniosynostosis have focused on patients with syndromic craniosynostosis, who generally have more severe ophthalmic complications than patients with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis. Consequently, there's no consensus whether…
