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Case Reports
. 2003;18(3):163-6.

Acute esotropia in heroin withdrawal: a case series

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  • PMID: 14521504
Case Reports

Acute esotropia in heroin withdrawal: a case series

Lionel Kowal et al. Binocul Vis Strabismus Q. 2003.

Abstract

Background: Esotropia during opiate withdrawal is a new clinical syndrome that has only recently been reported in the literature.

Methods: Clinical case series.

Results: Five patients with acute esotropia during opiate withdrawal are presented. In four there was evidence of underlying hyperopia and/or other strabismogenic features.

Conclusions: The precise cause of esotropia with heroin withdrawal is uncertain. Most (and possibly all) of these patients have one or more objective strabismogenic features, and these are probably a large factor in the causation.

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