Abstract:In this issue of the Journal, Donahue and Itharat 1 suggest that A-pattern strabismus with overdepression in adduction may be a bilateral skew deviation. Is this novel proposition credible? Donahue and Itharat report 13 patients with A-pattern strabismus averaging 27Δ, and at least +2 overdepression in adduction, equating this to "superior oblique overaction." In 11 of the 13 patients, vertical binocular alignment did not change during head tilt, and 12 had some unspecified degree of bilateral fundus incycloto… Show more
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