Two Cases of Cyclic Esotropia.
- Author:
Seung Woo BAEK
1
;
Yoon Ae CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Korea University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Diplopia;
Esotropia*;
Telescopes
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1986;27(6):1115-1119
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Cyclic heterotropia represents an interesting ocular motility problem in which the ocular deviation is present on a rhythmic basis. Usually this appears in a regular 48-hour cycle, although 72-and 96-hour cycles have also been reported. On the strabismic day, constant heterotropia is large and associated with suppression and no diplopia. On the nonstrabismic day, no deviation or only a small heterophoria is present with good binocular function. In this paper, we present two cases of cyclic esotropia which demonstrated regular 48-hour cycles and were treated with surgery.