title: Orbital surface coil imaging predicts surgical anatomy of medial rectus muscle in consecutive exotropia: a case report.
abstract: A 51-year-old woman with consecutive exotropia after surgery for esotropia underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of her orbits by orbital surface coil. Imaging demonstrated an 8.0 mm segment of very thin tissue that spanned the distance from a normal-looking medial rectus muscle proximally to the sclera distally. Surgical treatment revealed anatomic pathology of the medial rectus muscle consistent with spatial relationships of stretched scar and muscle that were predicted by MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: julius.oatts@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Julius T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Oatts
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, East Pierce Family Medicine, Puyallup, Washington.
authors.forename: Ramya N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California.
authors.forename: Omondi L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Nyong'o
mesh_terms: D004948:Esotropia / Q000601:surgery; D005099:Exotropia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*