Overview on Ocular Manifestations of Albinism- A Review
Abdulrahman M. Albahlool *
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Laser, King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, MOH Dermatology, Jeddah Region, Saudi Arabia.
Fatema Adel Almajed
King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.
Maryam Essa Alwabari
King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.
Rana Mohammed Hilmi
King Fahad Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Reem Mohammed Saad Abahussain
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia.
Sarah Mohammed Alasgah
Princess Norah University, Saudi Arabia.
Rima Salman M. Bnfadliah
Princess Norah University, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid Alwalid Alekrish
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
Zinab M. Abuammah Alharbi
King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Maitham Almomen
King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Albinism is a set of heritable disorders in ectoderm-derived tissue linked with reduced or missing melanin. Reduce melanin synthesis might include the skin, hair follicles and the eye, causing eyelid or locating the eye in the main, leading to eye albinism. Common eye symptoms include foveal hypoplasia, fundal hypopigmentation, iris transillumination, nystagma, visual acuity reduction, stereopsis decreased or absent, squint, and abnormalities in refractive functionality. Fixing the refractive defect, sun glasses or specific photo aversion filter lenses and prismatism for an irregular head posture may be needed. Operation with strabismus is typically unneeded but may be done to enhance the peripheral fields of visual fusion. In this review, we summarize ocular manifestations of albinism.
Keywords: Albinism, ocular albinism, symptoms, manifestations, ophthalmology