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. 2021 Oct 18;14(10):1645-1646.
doi: 10.18240/ijo.2021.10.27. eCollection 2021.

Progressive restrictive strabismus in an infant

Hong-Gai Yan  1 , Ning-Dong Li  1
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Progressive restrictive strabismus in an infant

Hong-Gai Yan et al. Int J Ophthalmol. .
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Figure 1. Left eye position in three different stages, enlarged inferior rectus in the images of the CT scan and biopsy of the inferior rectus muscle
A: A normal eye position was showed in a female infant at the first month since birth; B: An extremely infraducted and eso-shift position with an invisible cornea at 4mo and the conjunctiva was congestive in her left eye; C: A slight eso- and hypo- shift of her left eye was showed in 1wk after operation; D and E: An enlarged inferior rectus muscle (the yellow arrow) was seen in the sagittal and the coronal positions of the CT scan; F: Histopathologic evaluation of the inferior rectus muscle showed that sheet fibrous tissue could be seen in skeletal muscle tissue, and degenerated skeletal muscle fibers were still visible (Hematoxylin & Eosin, ×40).
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