Rubella

 

It cause permanent congenital defect.

 

Classic triad in congenial rubella infection- 

 - Eye defect

 - Ear defect
 - Cardiac defect 

 

Classic triad

Features

1. Eye 

defect

• Congenital cataract 

• Salt and pepper retinopathy

• Microphthalmos

• Cloudy cornea 

• Poorly dialated pupil 

2. Ear 

defect 

• SNHL (due to destruction of
organ of corti)

3. Cardiac

defect 

• Patent ductus arteriosus
(PDA) - Most common 

• Pulmonary artery stenosis 

• Ventricular septum defect (VSD)

 

Transient congenital changes-

• Hepatosplenomegaly 

• Bone lesion 

• IUGR (Intra uterine growth retardation)

• Blueberry muffins syndrome (Thrombocytopenia with petechiae)
 

Wikimedia Commons nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blueberry_muffin_baby.jpg nSarra Benmiloud, Ghizlane Elhaddou, Zoubida Alaoui Belghiti, Moustapha Hida, Abdelhak BouharrouFigure- A newborn baby with typical lesions of a blueberry muffin baby

 

 

 

Licence- Wikimedia Commons nSource- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congenital_Rubella_Syndrome,_Salt_and_Pepper_Retinopathy.jpg nAuthor- Jonathan Trobe, M.D. - University of Michigan Kellogg Eye CenterFigure- Salt and Pepper Retinopathy in congenital rubella syndrome
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