Exotropia - Diagnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

New methods for the assessment of accommodative convergence.

20 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: The authors introduced a new objective method for measuring horizontal eye movements based on the first Purkinje image with the use of infrared charge-coupled device (CCD) cameras and compared stimulus accommodative convergence to ... Read more...

Exotropia caused by pit viper snakebite.

30 Jul 2009 Pit viper snake venom exerts a mildly neurotoxic effect that may rarely lead to neurotoxic complications, such as paralytic strabismus. Extraocular muscles are known to be particularly susceptible to this complication. In previously reported cases, ... Read more...

Prevalence and sex differences of psychiatric disorders in young adults who had intermittent exotropia as children.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence and sex differences of mental disorders diagnosed among young adults who had intermittent exotropia (IXT) as children. METHODS: The medical records of all children (<19 years) diagnosed as having IXT as ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Exotropia - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• New methods for the assessment of accommodative convergence. 20 Sep 2009
• Exotropia caused by pit viper snakebite. 30 Jul 2009
• Prevalence and sex differences of psychiatric disorders in young adults who had intermittent exotropia as children. 30 May 2009
• Unilateral vertical retraction syndrome with orbital band. 28 May 2009
• [Long-term follow-up after surgery for exodeviation] 19 Apr 2009
• Ocular hypertelorism and exotropia as presenting signs in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. 28 Jan 2009
• Apert's syndrome: ophthalmic importance and clinical findings. 30 Dec 2008
• A novel experimental method for measuring vergence and accommodation responses to the main near visual cues in typical and atypical groups. 30 Dec 2008
• Paralysis of the near-vision triad in a child. 10 Dec 2008
• Rectus pulley instability as a cause of Y-pattern exotropia revealed by magnetic resonance imaging. 29 Nov 2008
• Anterior plagiocephaly with contralateral superior oblique overaction. 30 Oct 2008
• Parry-Romberg syndrome presenting with recurrent exotropia and torticollis. 30 Oct 2008
• The visual status of children ages 3 to 6 years in the vision screening program in Taiwan. 2 Oct 2008
• [Surgery for acquired trochlear nerve palsy] 29 Sep 2008
• Diagnostic occlusion test in intermittent exotropia. 29 Sep 2008
• Bilateral Brown's syndrome in a mother and her son: case report. 29 Jun 2008
• Vertical rectus muscles transposition in large exotropia with medial rectus muscle transection following endoscopic sinus surgery. 30 May 2008
• Grading the severity of intermittent distance exotropia: the revised Newcastle Control Score. 30 Mar 2008
• The tear-drop sign: a trap door for the unwary? 10 Mar 2008
• [Primary exotropia: importance of cerebral MRI] 28 Feb 2008

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Technical information about 'Exotropia'

Definition: A form of ocular misalignment where the visual axes diverge inappropriately. For example, medial rectus muscle weakness may produce this condition as the affected eye will deviate laterally upon attempted forward gaze. An exotropia occurs due to the relatively unopposed force exerted on the eye by the lateral rectus muscle, which pulls the eye in an outward direction.

Descriptor UI: D005099

Alternative terms: Exotropia; Exodeviation; Exodeviations; Strabismus, Divergent; Divergent Strabismus; Secondary Exotropia; Exotropia, Secondary; Monocular Exotropia; Exotropia, Monocular; Primary Exotropia; Exotropia, Primary; Alternating Exotropia; Exotropia, Alternating; Exophoria;

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Tree Number: C10.292.562.887.650; C11.590.810.440;

History Note: 90(83); was see under STRABISMUS 1983-89

Technical Notes: do not confuse with ESOTROPIA, eye turning inward