- Infantile esotropia refers to a large-angle, inward eye turning (esotropia) that develops before 6 months of age. It is characterized by limited eye movement outward (abduction) and may be caused by weakness of the sixth nerve or abnormal eye muscle development.
- Evaluation involves assessing eye alignment, eye movement, fixation, and refractive error. Treatment depends on the type and severity of esotropia but commonly includes eyeglasses, eye muscle surgery, Botox injections, or a combination of treatments. The goal is to align the eyes properly to prevent amblyopia.
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3. Definition
– Large angle esotropia
– Birth-6 months of age
– Deviation increase in 1st few months of life
– Limited abduction on versions
– Doll’s head maneuver-Normal LR function
11. Ductions and versions
– Abduction deficit-6th nerve palsy/Oblique dysfunction
– Some abduction limitation-Infantile esotropia
– (Doll’s eye manuever)-Vestibular stimulation by spinning
the child
– Brisk abduction saccade-LR functioning
– Limited abduction-Tight MR
12. Latent nystagmus
– Bilateral
– Manifests on occlusion of one eye.
– Jerk type-fast phase in fixing eye
– Decreasing velocity slow phase
– Latent nystagmus also seen in congenital monocular cataracts
13. Pseudoesotropia
– Orthotropic
– Cross appearance
– Wide nasal bridge with epicathal folds.
Resolves 2-3 yrs of age as epicathal folds diminish +nose enlarges.
– Nasally turned eye buried under epicanthal fold.
– Small percentage end up with true deviation.
14. Infantile accommodative esotropia
– Babies young as 2 months of age.
– More than +2 D
– High Ac/A ratio
– Full hypermetropic correction.
– Acquired acute esotropia-Urgent consultation-restablishing BSV.
15. Cianca syndrome
– Large angle esotropia with cross fixation
– Eyes appear “Stuck”in towards nose
– Large angle deviation->60PD
– Bilateral limited abduction with intact abduction saccades
– Fixing eye in adduction
– Nystagmus on attempted adduction-Jerk nystagmus with fast phase in direction of fixing
eye(abduction)represents end point nystagmus
– Face turn to fixing eye
– Abduction-secondary to tight MR.
– Face turn-Tight MR +fixing eye on adduction.
– Good LR function
– Brisk abduction saccades
– Sx of choice-MR recession 7mm posterior to insertion site.
16. Cross fixation
– Limited abduction+tight MR
– Large face turn in adduction
– Right eye fixates for objects in left visual field and vice versa.
– Cross fixation sign of equal vision with small degree of amblyopia,if they can hold and fixate via smooth pursuit
without refixation from fellow eye.
17. Congenital fibrosis
syndrome
– Autosomal dominant trait
– Horizontal/vertical strabismus-Tight rectus muscle-FDT
– Large angle constant esotropia with severe limitation of
abduction
– OKN –Abduction saccade movement brisk,small
amplitudes-Intact LR function
26. Nystagmus blockade syndrome
– Begins in early infancy (ie, congenital nystagmus—CN)
– Accompanied by esotropia. reduction of the Nystagmus
when esotropia increases.
– Eye follows a target moving laterally towards the primary
position and then into abduction, the nystagmus
increases and the esotropia decreases.
–
27. Cyclic ET
– Rare condition
– Alternating manifest esotropia
– Supression+BSV
– May Last 24 hours
– Treatment-Correction of full manifest angle during
intermittent phase.
28. Stress induced ET
Large angle esotropia
Illness/Accident
Breakdown of fusional divergence
Spasm of near synkinetic reflex with sustained convergence with
miosis+accommodative spasm
29. Treatment Congenital esotropia
– Hypermetropic spectacle correction
– Small ET<40-+3D/more
– Large angle esotropia>40PD-+D/more
– Amblyopia treatment before Surgery.
– Sx-Tight MR muscle
– Bilateral MR recession-Near deviation-Fusional convergence.
– Older patients-Amblyopic eye MR recession+LR resection
– Goal of Sx-Alignment8-10PD for peripheral fusion.
– Tropia>10PD-Further Sx=Spectacle correction.
– Residual esotropia>10PD longer than 6-8wks after Sx
– Base out prism glasses.
30. Botox injections
– Principle-
Incomitant deviation to adopt face turn+obtain fusion
Complications-
Secondary ptosis.
Consecutive exotropia(2-3months)
Disadvantage-Multiple injections needed to sustain effect.
31. Accomodative ET
– Presents at 2.5 years
– 1)Refractive:Hyperopia 4-7D
– Deviation near=distance
– Normal AC/A ratio
– 2)Non refractive ET:
– Refraction normal for age 1.5D
– Deviation near>distance
– High AC/A ratio
– 3)Mixed accommodative ET
– Hyperopia 3D
– Deviation near> but present at distance as well
– High AC/A ratio.
32. Management
– Correction of refractive error
– Plus bifocals for accommodative ET
– Miotic therapy(ecthiopate/pilocarpine)
– Temporary measure for non cooperative children
– Peripheral accomodation hence less effort by patient
– Disadvantages:Miosis,ciliary spasm,iris cysts,cataract ,RD.
33. Sx for Accomodative ET
– If not corrected with spectacles
– Bilateral MR reces deviation>near
– Bilateral MR recession/recess-resection deviation near=distance.
– Recess-resect=Amblyopia in one eye.