PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Wan, Michael J AU - VanderVeen, Deborah K TI - Eye disorders in newborn infants (excluding retinopathy of prematurity) AID - 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306215 DP - 2015 May 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition PG - F264--F269 VI - 100 IP - 3 4099 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/100/3/F264.short 4100 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/100/3/F264.full SO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2015 May 01; 100 AB - A screening eye examination is an essential part of the newborn assessment. The detection of many ocular disorders in newborn infants can be achieved through careful observation of the infant's visual behaviour and the use of a direct ophthalmoscope to assess the ocular structures and check the red reflex. Early diagnosis and subspecialty referral can have a critical impact on the prognosis for many ocular conditions, including potentially blinding but treatable conditions such as congenital cataracts, life-threatening malignancies such as retinoblastoma and harbingers of disease elsewhere such as sporadic aniridia and its association with the development of Wilms tumour.