title: Depression in adduction syndrome.
abstract: Three cases of depression in adduction syndrome are described. All occurred unilaterally, in the left eye, in boys and were characterized by depression and retraction of the involved eye with attempted adduction. This was accompanied by an inability to elevate the eye in adduction and a markedly abnormal head posture. Surgery, consisting of superior oblique tenotomy and recession of the lateral rectus muscle, did not allow the ocular rotation to improve but did allow the anomalous head posture to be corrected. The homogeneity of the clinical appearance and the lack of response to surgery suggests that this is a distinct clinical entity.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D013285:Strabismus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013577:Syndrome