PALPEBRAL FISSURE LENGTH AND ITS CORRELATION WITH
GESTATIONAL AGE AND HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE
IN THE NEWBORN
Ismail Abou El-Ela; Iman Abd El-Rehim;Samia El-Henawy;
Mohamed Sabry SalcimEssam and El-Mathouly*
Departments of Paediatrics and Opthalmology*,
Benha Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University.
ABSTRACT
One hundred and fifty newborn infants from Neonatal care unit of Benha Faculty
of Medicine Hospital were studied. They were subjected to estimation of gestational age,
anthropometric measurements, clinical examination and eye measurements including
palpebral fissure length, interpupillary distance, intermedial canthal distance and interlateral
canthal distance. The mean values of all studied eye measurements were significantly
higher in full term (100 infants) than in preterm newborns (50 infants). The palpebral
fissure length ranged from 1.6 to 2.5 cm (mean 1.938 ± 0.213) in full term and
from 1.2 to 1.7 cm (mean 1.498 ± 0.171) in preterm infants with no difference between
right and left eyes. There was significant positive correlation between palpebral fissure
length and gestational age in both full term and preterm group. A significant positive
correlation was also found between palpebral fissure length and head circumference of
the full term and preterm infants.
J A G, Vol. 2, No. 4, December 1991 |
