LEUKOCORIA

Course overview

LEUKOCORIA MEANS ‘WHITE PUPIL’ OR ‘CAT’S EYE PUPIL’. LEUKOCORIA IS AN ABNORMAL PUPILLARY REFLEX MORE CLEARLY SEEN ON MYDRIASIS OR PHOTOGRAPHY. IT IS OFTEN THE FIRST SIGN OF A RANGE OF SERIOUS INTRAOCULAR DISORDERS INCLUDING CONGENITAL CATARACT, COATS DISEASE, RETINOBLASTOMA, RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY, TOXOCARIASIS, NORRIE DISEASE, AND RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA. IMMEDIATE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT ARE MANDATORY AS MOST CONDITIONS ARE VISION-THREATENING, AND SOME ARE LIFE-THREATENING. THIS ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LEUKOCORIA AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAMWORK IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH THE UNDERLYING CONDITION.