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
Posterior keratoconus
Corneal dystrophy
PPMD
CHED
CHSD
Skin disease
ichthyosis
dayskeratoses
Keratomalacia (Vitamin A deficiency)
ddx
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cornea