Our 4 year old grandson was born 3 months premature. This is some of the information from a letter from his eye doctor.
Bilateral optic atrophy secondary to cerebral palsy, interventricular hemorrhage and a history of hydrocephalus. Right homonomous hemianopsia due to a left retrochiasmal injury to the visual pathway. this may be occipital lobe but may also be optic tract or optic radiations.
His intake diagnosis includes optic atrophy bilaterally, hypotropia of the left eye and estimated visual acuity at 20/800. He showed no response to an oculokinetic stimulus. He shows no nystagmus. The pupil exam and anterior segment exam were normal. The ocular motility was full, and the alignment varied from orthophoria to 15 prisms of exotropia. Funduscopic exam shows atrophy of each optic nerve. the vessels are moderately attenuated, and the macula is normal in each eye. Peripheral retinal scars are visable from his retinopathy of prematurity treatment. Dilated retinoscopy shows mild hyperopia which does not require spectacles.
My questions is: Is there any new medical information that has come out in the last four years that would be of some help to our grandson in correcting his eye sight problems? Also , would you please explain some of this diagnois to us?
Thankyou for any help you can give us.