Diseases

Strabismus

Misalignment of the visual axes of the eyes. In comitant strabismus the degree of ocular misalignment does not vary with the direction of gaze. In noncomitant strabismus the degree of misalignment varies depending on direction of gaze or which eye is fixating on the target. (Miller, Walsh & Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, p641)

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Misalignment of the visual axes of the eyes. In comitant strabismus the degree of ocular misalignment does not vary with the direction of gaze. In noncomitant strabismus the degree of misalignment varies depending on direction of gaze or which eye is fixating on the target. (Miller, Walsh & Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, p641)

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  • Phorias
  • Squint
  • Phoria
  • Concomitant Strabismus
  • Convergent Comitant Strabismus
  • Dissociated Horizontal Deviation
  • Dissociated Vertical Deviation
  • Heterophoria
  • Heterotropias
  • Hypertropia
  • Mechanical Strabismus
  • Non-Concomitant Strabismus
  • Nonconcomitant Strabismus
  • Strabismus, Comitant
  • Strabismus, Noncomitant
  • Comitant Strabismus
  • Comitant Strabismus, Convergent
  • Deviation, Dissociated Horizontal
  • Dissociated Horizontal Deviations
  • Dissociated Vertical Deviations
  • Heterophorias
  • Heterotropia
  • Horizontal Deviation, Dissociated
  • Hypertropias
  • Non Concomitant Strabismus
  • Noncomitant Strabismus
  • Strabismus, Concomitant
  • Strabismus, Convergent Comitant
  • Strabismus, Mechanical
  • Strabismus, Non-Concomitant
  • Strabismus, Nonconcomitant

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Strabismus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013285. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013285
  2. Strabismus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus
  3. Strabismus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179951