A High Prevalence of Exotropia in Patients With Duane Retraction Syndrome in a Tertiary Eye Care Center in South India

Conclusions:This is an exclusive study on a large series of patients with Duane retraction syndrome and exotropia. Almost one-third of patients with Duane retraction syndrome patients might have exotropia. Although patients with Duane retraction syndrome and exotropia had clinical characteristics and associations similar to those with Duane retraction syndrome and esotropia, there was an increased propensity for overshoots and face turn opposite to the affected eye, which the authors hypothesize to be due to a tight or short lateral rectus muscle.[J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2017;54(2):117 –122.]
Source: Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - Category: Opthalmology Source Type: research