Brushfield spots

Brushfield spots

Brushfield spots are small white or grayish/brown spots on the periphery of the iris in the human eye due to aggregation of a normal iris element (connective tissue). These spots are normal in children but are also a feature of the chromosomal disorder Down syndrome. They occur in 35-78% of newborn infants with Down syndrome. [Citation
last=Sanez
first=R.B.
title= Primary care of infants and young children with down syndrome.
newspaper=American Family Physician
volume=59
issue=2
year=1999
date=January 1999
url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/990115ap/381.html] They are much more likely to occur in Down syndrome children of the Caucasian race than children of Asian heritage. [Citation
last=Kim
first=J.H. et al
title= Characteristic ocular findings in Asian children with Down syndrome.
newspaper=Nature
volume=16
issue=6
year=2002
date=November 2002
url=http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v16/n6/abs/6700208a.html] Brushfield spots are named after the physician, Thomas Brushfield, who first described them in 1924Fact|date=January 2008.

They are focal areas of stromal hyperplasia, surrounded by relative hypoplasia and are more common in patients with lightly pigmented irises.

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