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Based on these findings, we propose a protocol for ultrasound evaluation of the fetal eye.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Material and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this multicentric retrospective cohort study, 264 fetuses with ocular malformations from two tertiary referral centers for prenatal medicine were analyzed. Anophthalmia, microphthalmia, exophthalmos, hyper\u2010 or hypotelorism, cataract, aphakia, cyclopia, and retinal detachment were assessed, and their association with extraocular findings and genetic changes was investigated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The majority of the cases (99.2%) were non\u2010isolated and presented further extraocular findings. Most commonly, the brain and central nervous system (65.9%), the limbs and the heart (46.6% each) and the cranial anatomy (41.2%) were affected. 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Systematic evaluation of the eye using the proposed protocol is simple to learn and highly reproducible and could help to concentrate diagnosis on a certain group of malformations. 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