====== Cloudy Cornea in Neonates ======

=== Possible Causes ===

  * Trauma
    * Forceps
    * Chemical injury
    * Needle perforation with amnioscentesis
  * Infections (corneal ulceration possible)
    * Herpes Simplex 
    * Rubella
    * Nisseria gonorrhoeae 
  * Glaucoma (increased IOP)
  * Metabolic 
    * Mucopolysaccharidoses-MPS-IH (Hurlers)
    * Mucolipodoses-type IV 
    * Glycogen Storage Disease type I (Von Gierke), 
    * Cystinosis
    * Tyrosinemia (type II)
  * Dysgenesis
    * Peters anomaly
    * Dermoid (choristoma)
    * Sclerocornea
    * [[https://eyewiki.aao.org/Posterior_Keratoconus|Posterior keratoconus]]
  * Corneal dystrophy 
    * PPMD
    * CHED
    * CHSD
  * Skin disease
    * ichthyosis
    * dayskeratoses
  * Keratomalacia (Vitamin A deficiency)

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