Il bambino con sindrome di Prader-Willi - Societa' Italiana Obesità ...

Manifestations and management:
dermatologic
Individuals with PWS are at risk of dermatologic problems:
picking at the skin or mucosal areas (nose, rectum, vagina)
scores and subsequent scarring and pigmentary changes
peripheral edema
Evaluation
history: nose or rectal bleeds
examination of the skin and exposed mucosal areas
Treatment
keeping lesions moist and covered
serotonin reuptake inhibitors
topiramate (?)
weight loss
Manifestations and management:
ophtalmologic
Strabismus is frequent, likely caused by muscular
hypotonia.
Myopia and hyperopia are common
Albinoidism has also been documented in
individuals with fair coloring (Wiesner et al., 1987)
Evaluation
screening
formal ophtalmological evaluation between ages 1and 3
Treatment
strabismus and visual acuity problems should be treated as
in the general population