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Significance In Children
๏ฌ Children need normally aligned eyes to
develop vision.
๏ฌ Strabismus in childhood is the second
most common presentation of
retinoblastoma.
๏ฌ Strabismus is a common presentation
for refractive errors.
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Significance in Adults
๏ฌ Frequent sign of neurological disease
๏ฌ Frequent presentation of systemic
disease ( Thyroid disease & Myasthenia)
๏ฌ Cosmetology
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Types of Eye Movements
๏ฌ Horizontal direction
๏ฌ Vertical direction
๏ฌ Torsional direction
All superior muscles are intortors.
All inferior muscles are extortors.
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Anatomy & Physiology
Muscle Nerve Function Testing
MR 3 rd Nasal Look to nose
LR 6th Temporal Look away
SR 3rd Elevate, intorts,
adducts
Up & Out
IR 3 rd Depress, extrorts,
adduct
Down & Out
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Anatomy & Physiology
Muscle Nerve Function Testing
Superior
Oblique
4th Intorts, depress,
abducts
Look Down
& In
Inferior
Oblique
3rd Extrorts, elevates,
abducts
Look Up & In
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Types of Strabismus
๏ฌ Esodeviation ๏ eye turned in
๏ฌ Exodeviation ๏ eye turned out
๏ฌ Hyperdeviation ๏ eye turned up
๏ฌ Hpodeviation ๏ eye turned down
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Classification of Strabismus
๏ฌ Constant or intermittent
๏ฌ Latent or manifest (phoria or tropia)
๏ฌ Unilateral or alternating
๏ฌ Comitant or incomitant (restrictive or
paralytic)
๏ฌ Paralytic or non-paralytic
๏ฌ Nuclear or supranuclear
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Causes of Strabismus
๏ฌ Congenital: imbalance between innervations
and contraction
๏ฌ Refractive errors
๏ฌ Loss of vision
๏ฌ Paralysis or Neuromuscular
๏ฌ Restrictive: thyroid eye disease
๏ฌ Tumors
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Presenting symptoms of
Strabismus
๏ฌ Deviation of the eye (cosmesis)
๏ฌ Double vision
๏ฌ Torticollis (abnormal head posture)
๏ฌ Unexplained visual loss in a normal
looking eye (Microtropia)
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Role of GP
1. Confirm Diagnosis
2. Decide on urgency
3. Teach patients
4. Referral to Ophthalmologist
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Management of Strabismus
History:
4 most important questions:
1. Age of onset
2. Constant or intermittent
3. Unilateral or alternating
4. Diplopia or torticollis
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Examination of Strab Patient
To achieve the first and second
objectives we do:
1. Simple observation for the nasal
white of the eye
2. Corneal light reflex
3. Cover test
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Examination of Strab Patient
To achieve the 3 rd objective we look for:
1. Presence of torticollis
2. Answer the following question:
Is the strabismus the same in all directions
of gaze or not i.e. comitant or incomitant?
๏ Same = no paralysis.
๏ Different = paralysis or restriction.
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Examination
3. Test the extraocular movements in all
directions of gaze.
๏ Paralysis / restriction ๏ Limitation
๏ No Paralysis ๏ No limitation
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Doll's Head Manoeuvre
๏ฌ Used for testing the eye movement
when the patient is uncooperative.
๏ฌ The eyes move in opposite direction to
the head movement.
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Common Forms of Esotropia
๏ฌ Congenital (No-Accommodative)
๏ Surgery.
๏ฌ Accommodative ๏ R/ Glasses.
๏ฌ P. Accommodative๏ Glasses then
surgery.
๏ฌ Sixth Nerve Palsy ๏ observation
for 6 M ๏ surgery.