Convergent strabismus fixus in high myopic patients.
Patients with high myopia may develop a myopathy which frequently results in a sort of convergent strabismus fixus. Echographic and CT scan findings give evidence that a myopathic paralysis of the lateral rectus is supported by a slow pressure on this muscle squeezed between the lateral orbital wall and the enlarged eyeball.
Bagolini
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Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Tamburrelli
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Dickmann
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Colosimo
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014792:Visual Acuity