Progressive adult antimetropia.
Antimetropia, a sub-classification of anisometropia, is a rare refractive condition in which one eye is myopic and the fellow eye is hyperopic. This case report describes the ocular characteristics and atypical refractive progression in an adult male with a moderate degree of non-amblyopic antimetropia over a 20-year period. The potential mechanisms underlying unilateral axial elongation, anisometropia and myopia progression in adulthood are discussed.
Contact Lens and Visual Optics Laboratory, School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. sj.vincent@qut.edu.au.
Stephen J
SJ
Vincent
Scott A
SA
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D000328:Adult; D015858:Anisometropia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D058452:Axial Length, Eye / Q000502:physiology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*
adult; anisometropia; antimetropia; unilateral myopia progression