title: New onset of crossed eyes in an adult.
abstract: A 77-year-old woman presents with a seven-year history of an isolated slowly progressive esotropia with bilateral abduction defects. The only potential cause discovered was dolichoectasia of the intracavernous carotid arteries.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Schielbehandlung und Neuroophthalmologie, Universitäts-Augenklinik Köln, Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neugebauer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirsch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fricke
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rüssmann
mesh_terms: D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000473:pathology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D018450:Disease Progression; D004948:Esotropia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed