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Case Reports
. 2019 Feb;67(2):280-282.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1018_18.

Consecutive cyclic esotropia - A case report

Niranjan K Pehere  1 , Usha B Kommineni  2 , Ramesh Kekunnaya  3
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Case Reports

Consecutive cyclic esotropia - A case report

Niranjan K Pehere et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Feb.

Abstract

Cyclic esotropia, a rare condition of obscure etiology characterized by regularly alternating periods of esotropia and orthophoria. We present a case of a 7-year-old boy who underwent surgical correction for intermittent exotropia elsewhere and developed esotropia with cyclic pattern post-operatively. Initially the cycle was of half-day orthophoria and half-day esotropia, which later became one full day of esotropia and one day of orthophoria. During re-surgery, right lateral rectus was found to have a stretched scar which was resected and then advanced and medial rectus was recessed. Post-surgery the child was orthophoric without cyclic pattern.

Keywords: Consecutive esotropia; cyclic esotropia; stretched scar.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Nine gaze image showing esotropia with mild inferior oblique overaction in the right eye on “squinting” day
Figure 2
Figure 2
Esotropia with glasses on “squinting” day
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Figure 3
Orthophoria on “non-squinting” day
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Figure 4
Stretched scar of right lateral rectus
Figure 5
Figure 5
Nine gaze images at post op 1 month showing orthophoria
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