title: Sagging eye syndrome presenting as a form of strabismus fixus.
abstract: Lateral rectus-superior rectus band degeneration with aging is the major cause of sagging eye syndrome, which usually presents with small-angle esotropia or hypotropia. In contrast, heavy eye syndrome, also called myopic strabismus fixus, is characterized by profound esotropia and hypotropia with the eyeball fixed nasally. We report the case of a 71-year-old man with sagging eye syndrome presenting with strabismus fixus and no myopia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea. Electronic address: eyekim@chosun.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Dae Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013285:Strabismus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity