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Arch Ophthalmol. 2006;124:743.

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Infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common congenital infection in humans and affects 1% to 2% of all neonates. However, only 10% show symptoms at birth, varying from slight developmental complaints to serious neurologic, auditory, or ophthalmologic abnormalities. Although the other 90% of infected neonates are asymptomatic at birth, symptoms of congenital CMV may not be discovered until many years later. Later in childhood, 5% to 17% of these children will develop ocular, audiologic, neurologic, or developmental sequelae.¹ Symptoms of congenital CMV can be indistinct and the diagnosis may be overlooked for years, leading to developmental disorders without adequate treatment. This report demonstrates how visual impairment detected many years after birth may lead to the diagnosis of congenital infection with CMV.

Report of a Case

A 3-year-old boy was suspected of decreased vision and sent to our clinic. At the age of 7 months the patient was diagnosed with deafness of unknown origin . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Gunnar I. Andriesse, MD, PhD; Annemarie J. L. Weersink, MD, PhD; Joke de Boer, MD, PhD