Muscle Sequelae, Hess Charts & Diplopia Charts Flashcards
How do we see a mechanical strabismus on a Hess Chart?
The fields are vertically compressed
Hess Chart Practice
https://www.mrcophth.com/commonhesschart/ds.html
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hess-chart-76422300/76422300
https://cybersight.org/library/lecture-evaluation-and-surgical-management-of-superior-oblique-palsy-2020-update-qa-and-case-discussion/
Diplopia Chart Practice
https://www.eophtha.com/posts/diplopia-charting-a-ready-reckoner-for-the-postgraduates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNXvsNHnFmQ
What are the methods of plotting a Hess Chart?
Lees Screen
Mirror to dissociate eyes
Hess Screen
Grey background, red & green goggles & lights
Lancaster – Hess test (Lancaster red-green test)
Computerised versions
PC Hess Screen (Thomson Software)
Digital Hess Screen
Ocular Motility Analyzer (OMA)
What eye are we plotting on a Hess Chart when fixing with the right eye?
Movement of the LE
How much is each square of a Hess Chart worth in degrees?
Each square is 5 degrees meaning the inner field is 15 degrees and outer field is 30 degrees
What is the testing distance for a Hess Chart?
50cm
What are the 10 steps for interpreting a Hess Chart>
- Compare charts of the two eyes – position, shape & size
Higher field – higher eye
Inward shifted field – eso deviation - Size of overall field
(smaller field = ‘affected eye’) - Primary position deviation
(can’t tell if manifest or latent, the primary deviation is when fixing with the unaffected eye, the secondary deviation is when fixing with the affected eye and size of deviation) - Underaction
Inward displacement of dots, max displacement is in the main action of the affected muscle, primary underaction - Overaction
Outward displacement of dots, max displacement in direction of main action of overacting contralateral synergist - Muscle Sequelae
Might not get all 4 steps of muscle sequelae as this develops over time. - Mechanical vs. Neurogenic Differential Diagnosis
Mechanical is flattened or narrow field
Reversal of deviation between the eyes - Equal Size Fields
Symmetrical limitation of movement
Longstanding muscle palsy with developed muscle sequelae - concomitance - Sloping Fields
A or V patterns
Do not show torsion (need a linear pointer to do so) - Interpretation at one point in time
Comparison over time
Viewed with OM, field of BSV, field of uniocular fixation, measurements
If the primary position of the two eyes look different on a Hess Chart what does it suggest the deviation is?
Incomitant
How can you tell on a Hess Chart if the deviation is incomitant?
If the primary position of the two eyes looks different on a Hess Chart
How do you work out which is the ‘affected’ eye on a Hess Chart?
Smaller field has
When we’re fixing with the unaffected eye what are we plotting on the Hess Chart?
Primary deviation
When we’re fixing with the affected eye what are we plotting on the Hess Chart?
Secondary deviation
- Underactions = RLR largest so this is the primary underaction 2. Overactions = LMR (contralateral synergist)3. o/a Ipsilateral Antagonist overaction = RMR4. u/a Contralateral Antagonist = not yet happened because the LLR is unaffected
What does a Neurogenic field look like on a Hess Chart?
- Largest deviation in the direction of the affected muscle
- Field shifted and misplaced, rather than constricted
- Equal spacing between inner and outer fields
- Full muscle sequelae develops