ACCOMMODATIVE ESOTROPIA

Q: Child shown with ET. Age 3. What is your impression and what is the Ddx and how would you proceed?

1. Complete history
2. Complete ocular exam including dilated fundus exam and complete sensory and alignment testing.
3. Classification of Esodeviations

A) congenital / infantile (< 6 months)

1) essential esotropia (“congenital”)

2) early onset accomodative

3) Duane’s type I

4) nystagmus blocking syndrome

5) CN 6 palsy (or Moebius)

B) acquired comitant

1) accomodative ET: Refractive (high hyperopia)

2) accomodative ET: Non refractive (high ACA)

3) mixed mechanism (ACA and hyperopia)

4) decompensated accomodative

5) cyclic ET

6) divergence insufficiency/paresis ** often associated with brain pathology - scan!

7) spasm of near reflex

8) esophoria (common)

9) myasthenia gravis

C) acquired incomitant

1) LR weak (CN 6 palsy, slipped muscle)

3) MR restriction (#, TRO, postop)

D) pseudostrabismus (epicanthus folds, wide nasal bridge, negative angle kappa)

Child has +3.50 sphere OU and has a comitant ET of 25PD at D and 30PD at N

Treatment

1. Do a cyclopleigic refraction and give full
2. Treat amblopia
3. Possible outcomes after giving glasses and tx for amblyopia

Alignment/Fusion	<8PD/fusion	>10PD/NO fusion	Ortho D/ ET N
Treatment	Good result	Surgery	Bifocal

Amount of surgery for accomodative ET should be determined based average of near measurement with and without glasses to minimize undercorrection.

Outcome #1: Patient returns post surgery with 15PD of XT and has symptomatic diploplia. What is your management?

1. Reduce hyperopic correction
2. Fresnal prisms
3. Patching (short course)
4. Wait if 8 weeks consider reop

Outcome #2: Residual ET post op >10PD.

Rerefract and give full plus

Fresnel prism

Phospholine iodine

After 8 weeks consider re-op

Management consecutive ET after XT & persistent ET post ET

1. Repeat refraction. If hyperopia give it all. If plano and minimal myopia ignore.

2. Prisms aligned base out, 1/2 over each eye (Fresnel)

3. Treat amblyopia totally (it’s your fault)

4. Phospholine iodide.

5. Afeter 8 weeks and no improvement and >15 to 20_ you must reoperate