4. Intermittent Esotropia Flashcards
What is esotropia?
Manifest deviation where misalignment of the visual axis results in inward turning of one eye.
4 groups of esotropia?
- Primary (Constant and intermittent)
- Secondary/ sensory
- Consecutive
- Residual
What is Secondary/ sensory esotropia?
Strabismus is secondary to another reason e.g. poor VA.
What is consecutive esotropia?
Was an exotropia but due to surgery now an esotropia (over correction).
What is residual esotropia?
Px had big esotropia but after surgery left with small esotropia.
What is intermittent esotropia and what are the 4 classifications?
Esotropia only present under certain conditions, when eyes are straight normal BSV. related to the following classification: Distance, Time, Accommodation, Non-specific.
Most common is related to accommodation.
Risk of amblyopia with intermittent esotropia is high or low?
Low risk because px doesn’t need to be straight 24/7 and be binocular for VA to develop normally.
2 categories of intermittent esotropia?
- Fully accommodative esotropia
- Convergence excess esotropia
What is fully accommodative esotropia and what are the characteristics?
- Constant esotropia when hyperopia is uncorrected.
- Presenting at 18months to 3years.
- Hyperopic +3 to +6
- Px is straight when Rx corrected.
- Management: Wear fully corrected RX, surgery not needed.
- VA likely to be equal or squinting eye likely to be slightly amblyopic.
What is the max when undercorrecting big plus?
+2D
Why is the range for fully accommodative esotropia +3D-+6D?
A higher plus (+8D-+10D can’t accommodate readily without RX being corrected). Big plus: the RX is to high to produce an esotropia.
What happens when full correction given to fully accommodative esotropia?
Eliminates accommodation and reduces convergence.
Why is slight amblyopia present in fully accommodative esotropia?
Prior to dispensing glasses the child will have constant esotropia therefore potential for amblyopia to develop.
What is convergence excess esotropia?
Onset?
Are they likely to be amblyopic?
Esotropia at near but straight with BSV at distance. With RX corrected still esotropic at near. Related to high AC/A ratio
Onset: 2-5 yrs.
VA likely to be equal for BEs hence low risk of amblyopia.
Cause of convergence excess esotropia?
High AC/A ratio: Hence, accommodating by a normal amount can induce a large amount of accommodation convergence, hence large eso deviation.