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. 2020 Jul 13;20:282. doi: 10.1186/s12886-020-01424-x

Table 1.

Review of the reported ocular problems in Congenital Protein C deficiency

Report Reported cases Involved eye Anterior segment involvement Posterior segment involvement Global involvement
Estelles A et al [1984] [6] 1 OU Bilateral vitreous hemorrhage and intravitreal mass
Marciniak E et al. [1985] [7] 1 OU

Corneal opacity Case1: Corneal opacity, pupil not visible in one eye

Case2: Bilateral cataract,

Case 1: Vitreous opacity in one eye

Case 2: total retinal detachment with retinal new and old hemorrhages

Microphthalmia
Rappaport ES et al. [1987] [8] 1 OU Hyperplastic vitreous bilaterally
Pulido JS [1987] [9] 1 OU Prominent iris vessels, shallow anterior chamber, synechia, cataract, retrolental membrane Bilateral vitreal hemorrhage, and funnel-shaped retinal detachment in both eyes
Auletta MJ and Headington JT [1988] [10] 1 OU Raised intraocular pressure, flattened anterior chambers, iris atrophy, lens adhesions Bilateral retinal detachment Bilateral leukocoria
Hartman KR [1989] [11] 1 OU Vitreal eye hemorrhages and Intraparenchymal brain infarction
Hermsen VM et al [1990] [12] 1 OU Vascularized lens, non-existent anterior chambers Funnel-shaped retrolental mass, normal retina and optic nerve Bilateral PHPV, microphthalmos
Soria JM et al. [1985] [13] 1 Persistence of primary vitreous Microphthalmia, irregular globe
Cassels-Brown A et al. [1994] [14] 2 OU

Case 1: Posterior embryotoxon, shallow anterior chambers, ectropion uvea, posterior synechia

Case 2: marked periorbital edema and hemorrhagic conjunctival chemosis

Case 1: subconjunctival hemorrhage, a right sided retinal arterial occlusion and bilateral florid retinal hemorrhages with swollen hemorrhagic optic discs secondary to retinal venous occlusions, vitreous hemorrhages retinal detachment in one eye

Case 2: hazy media, minor bilateral vitreous hemorrhages, and minor right sided retinal hemorrhage

Case 1:

Strabismus, nystagmus, leukocoria

Case 2: early birth 25 wk., end up to death at 23 days of life because of some subarachnoid hemorrhage and with worsening lung function

Acheson JF et al. [1994] [15] 4 OD Bilateral recurrent ischemic optic neuropathy Association with Protein S deficiency, antithrombin III
Dreyfus M et al. [1995] [16] 9 OU Unilateral or bilateral blindness 6/9 cases bilateral PHPV
Hattenbach LO et al. [1999] [5] 2 OU

Case 1. Shallow anterior chamber

Case 2. Shallow anterior chamber, posterior synechia

Case 1. Left retrolental opacities, funnel retinal detachment, vitreous hemorrhage

Case 2. Right vitreous hemorrhage, funnel retinal detachment

Case 1. Strabismus, microphthalmos

Case 2. Microphthalmos

Ergenekon E et al. [2000] [17] 1 OS

Eye ultrasound revealed an10x7 mm hyperechogenic structure underneath.

Retina of the left eye consistent with subretinal hemorrhage

Leukocoria
Churchill AJ et al. [2001] [18] 2 OU Case2. Right leukocoria

Case 1. Bilateral central retinal vein occlusions, vitreous hemorrhage, and a right central retinal artery occlusion

Case 2. Total retinal detachment and a left macular hemorrhage

Paysse EA [2002] [19] 1 OU Flat anterior chamber Bilateral retinal detachment, fibrotic hyaloid arteries
Sirachainan N et al [2003] [20] 2 OU Preserving eye function, high myopia, cerebral palsy
Park UC et al. [2005] [21] 1 OU Bilateral corneal opacity, microphthalmia, posterior synechia, pupillary membrane, shallow anterior chamber Vitreoretinopathy suggesting, PHPV, intravitreal masses, funnel-shaped retinal detachment with bilateral retinal dysplasia Bilateral leukocoria, no microphthalmos, blind OU
de Lemus-Varela ML [2005) [22] 1 OU Vitreous hemorrhage
Douglas AG et al. [2010] [23] 1 OU No red reflex OU Vitreoretinal dysplasia, severe hazy media in one eye and OU PFV Leukocoria OS, bilateral microphthalmia,, deranged VEP, poor vision, nystagmus
Wang BZ [2012] [24] 1 OU Macular hypoplasia with blond retinal background Doll’s eye movements, no fix and follow movement of the eyes, ponto-cerebellar hypoplasia, nystagmus, strabismus, Flat ERG
Desai S et.al. [2014] [25] 1 OU Combined central retinal venous and arterial obstruction Severe Type II protein C deficiency with factor V Leiden mutation, Glaucoma
Almarzouki HS et al [2016] [26] 2 OU Peter’s anomaly
Baothman AA et al. [2017] [27] 5 OU Peter’s anomaly, corneal opacity (3/5) Blindness (4/5OU), ocular hemorrhage shortly after birth resulted in visual loss (1/5)
Present study 1 OU Left eye shallow anterior chamber, cataract, leukoma, posterior synechia Dysplastic retina and total retinal detachment in the other eye Flat ERG, fluorescent spots

ERG Electroretinography, OD Right eye, OS Left eye, OU Both eyes, PHPV Persistent primary hyperplastic vitreous