Changes in the visual system of children with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

: The results of ophthalmological examinations were compared in 20 children aged 6 to 13 years with SSPE. The examinations in the first phase of the disease demonstrated fundus changes with presence of choked disc in 4 cases, papilloedema in 4 cases, uveitis in 1 case, retrobulbar optic neuritis in 1 case (in this case ophthalmological changes developed 4 months prior to the onset of typical neurological sings.