title: Unilateral esotropia after enucleation in infancy.
abstract: Five patients developed esotropia in the remaining eye after unilateral enucleation in the first few weeks to months of life. Esotropia was associated with a face turn toward the opposite side and abduction nystagmus with a null point in extreme adduction. Our experience with these patients supports the reflexogenic theory for the development of a type of congenital-infantile esotropia. An intact globe-ocular muscle relationship, even in a blind eye, may have a stabilizing effect on the fellow eye in the first few weeks to months of life, and this should be considered before enucleation is done.
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction; D004948:Esotropia / Q000209:etiology*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006871:Hydrophthalmos / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000601:surgery; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000601:surgery; D013285:Strabismus / Q000209:etiology*