[The pathomorphology of the eye in the perinatal period].

The eyes of 214 foetuses and newborns and 3 children of the 1st year of life dying from asphyxia, skull trauma during the delivery, perinatal infections, chromosomal diseases and newborn haemolytic disease were studied morphologically. Main pathogenetic factors of the premature infant retinopathy are presented. The results of the study indicate that the eye is involved in the pathologic process in various pathology of the perinatal period this implying the necessity of the eye morphological study in those dying perinatally and routine ophthalmologic examination of newborns.