Nonaccommodative esotropia after cataract extraction in a patient with previous accommodative esotropia.
We report a case of nonaccommodative esotropia developing after bilateral cataract surgery that corrected the preexisting hyperopia in a patient with accommodative esotropia since childhood. The esotropia required surgical correction despite the good visual acuity after the cataract surgery. In patients with preexisting strabismus, there is a possibility of decompensation of adaptive binocular mechanisms after cataract surgery and refractive procedures.
Gunton
Kammi B
KB
Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and General Ophthalmology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
Nelson
Leonard B
LB
Tabas
Janine G
JG
D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004948:Esotropia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D014792:Visual Acuity