Is it possible to differentiate early-onset accommodative esotropia from early-onset essential esotropia?

Abstract

Purpose To determine the frequency of Z2.50 diopter (D) hyperopia in infantile esotropia with onset up to the age of 6 months and by evaluating the treatment results of these cases retrospectively, to find the factors that may help to differentiate early-onset accommodative esotropia from early-onset essential esotropia. Methods The charts of 256 patients with infantile esotropia were reviewed. Thirtyseven cases, with hyperopia of Z2.50 D, no other systemic and neurologic disease, and at least 1 year of follow-up, were included in this study. The age at the start of therapy, refractive error, deviation angle, type of therapy (antiaccommodative therapy, surgery) and the presence of amblyopia, latent nystagmus, inferior oblique overaction, dissociated vertical deviation and cross-fixation were recorded for each case.

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“…9 It is a well-known data that, IOOA is one of the characteristic findings for infantile ET. 10 ET was associated in the majority of group 1 cases.…”