Acute esotropia in heroin withdrawal: a case series.
BACKGROUND
Esotropia during opiate withdrawal is a new clinical syndrome that has only recently been reported in the literature.


METHODS
Clinical case series.


RESULTS
Five patients with acute esotropia during opiate withdrawal are presented. In four there was evidence of underlying hyperopia and/or other strabismogenic features.


CONCLUSIONS
The precise cause of esotropia with heroin withdrawal is uncertain. Most (and possibly all) of these patients have one or more objective strabismogenic features, and these are probably a large factor in the causation.
Kowal
Lionel
L
Ocular Motility Clinic, the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Locked Bag 8, East Melbourne, Australia 8002. strabism@netspace.net.au
Mee
Jared J
JJ
Nadkarni
Shivram
S
Kalff
Susan
S
Kozminsky
Michael
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004948:Esotropia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D003932:Heroin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
D003932:Heroin