Esophoria
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Esophoria is an eye condition involving inward deviation of the eye, usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
Key points
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It is a type of heterophoria
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It is a type of heterophoria
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Causes include refractive errors, divergence insufficiency, and convergence excess
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Refractive errors Divergence insufficiency Convergence excess
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Convergence excess can be due to nerve, muscle, congenital or mechanical anomalies
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this can be due to nerve, muscle, congenital or mechanical anomalies
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Unlike esotropia, fusion is possible and diplopia is uncommon
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Unlike esotropia , fusion is possible and therefore diplopia is uncommon
Symptoms
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Diplopia is uncommon
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fusion is possible and therefore diplopia is uncommon
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| Esophoria | |
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| Specialty | Ophthalmology |
Esophoria is an eye condition involving inward deviation of the eye, usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance. It is a type of heterophoria.
Causes include:[citation needed]
- Refractive errors
- Divergence insufficiency
- Convergence excess; this can be due to nerve, muscle, congenital or mechanical anomalies.[1]
Unlike esotropia, fusion is possible and therefore diplopia is uncommon.[citation needed]
- ↑ Eckstein, AK; Fischer, M; Esser, J (1998). "Normal accommodative convergence excess--long-term follow-up of conservative therapy with bifocal eyeglasses". . 212 (4): 218–225. doi:10.1055/s-2008-1034868. PMID 9644668.