Congenital ocular malformations at birth.

Frorn the Neonatal Division, Department of Pediatrics, ]awaharlal Institute of PostGraduate Medical Education and Research Pondicherry 605 006. Reprint requests: Dr. B. Vishnu Bhat, Professor of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry 605 006. Received for publication: August 1,1995; Accepted: October 9,1995 anomalies is endless. The reported incidence of congenital ocular malformations varies from 10.5 per 1000 births(l) to 0.75 per 1000 births(2) depending on the population studied and method used. We analyzed the congenital eye malformations noted among 12,797 consecutive deliveries in a referral hospital in South India.