Heterophoria in which there is deviation of the visual axis of one eye toward that of the other eye in the absence of visual fusional stimuli.
Esophoria
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| Esophoria | |
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| ICD-10 | H50.5 |
| ICD-9 | 378.41 |
Esophoria is characterised by inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
Causes include:
- refractive errors
- divergence insufficiency
- convergence excess, these can be due to nerve, muscle, congenital or mechanical anomalies.[1]
Unlike esotropia, fusion is possible and therefore diplopia is uncommon.
References
- ^ "Normal accommodative convergence excess--long-term follow-up of conservative therapy with bifocal eyeglasses". Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd. 212 (4): 218–225. 1998. PMID 9644668.
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