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The paucity of data has made difficult to reach clear recommendations on the ophthalmological follow-up that should be provided.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>250 patients with cCMV infection (123 symptomatic) were enrolled and underwent a series of age-appropriate ophthalmologic, audiologic, and neurodevelopmental examinations from 2002 to 2022.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Funduscopic abnormalities were identified at onset in 16\/123 (13%) symptomatic infants and in none of the asymptomatic ones (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Chorioretinitis lesions were the most common findings (10\/16 cases), while the others showed retinal scars. Lesions were bilateral in 4 patients. No later onset retinal lesions were detected, nor in symptomatic or in asymptomatic children. Five of the 16 (31.5%) symptomatic and none of the asymptomatic subjects showed visual impairment al the last evaluation (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). All patients with unfavorable outcome had also neurological impairment. Among symptomatic patients, ocular lesions were associated with central nervous system (CNS) pathological findings in prenatal ultrasonography (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> 0.05) and with clinical signs of CNS involvement at birth (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> 0.046). No correlation was found with the type of maternal infection and pathological neuroimaging.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Chorioretinal lesions are a fairly common finding at birth in neonates with symptomatic cCMV, often associated with long term visual impairment. Asymptomatic infants do not show ophthalmological abnormalities in the short or long term. 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