Exotropia. Medical search. Frequent questions

Exotropia is a form of strabismus where the eyes are deviated outward. (wikipedia.org)
True congenital exotropia (with a fixed exotropia) is an extremely rare form of strabismus and may occur with systemic disease in as many as 60% of patients. (medscape.com)
Exotropia is a common type of strabismus that occurs when misaligned eyes deviate outward. (eyehealthweb.com)
Exotropia (also known as wall-eye or divergent strabismus) differs from its opposite form, esotropia (eye turns in toward nose), in that exotropic eyes point outward or away from the nose. (eyehealthweb.com)
But when there is a disruption and the muscles do not work together, some form of strabismus, including exotropia, may occur. (eyehealthweb.com)
Exotropia is a type of strabismus (eye misalignment), where one eye turns, or deviates, outward (away from the nose). (diseasesdic.com)
Exotropia is sometimes called wall-eyed (however this is technically reserved for a rare form of bilateral strabismus called internuclear ophthalmoplegia). (diseasesdic.com)
Strabismus can run in families, but just because your family member has exotropia doesn't mean you'll have it too. (diseasesdic.com)
All types of strabismus, including exotropia, are more common in people with handicaps, including Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy and craniofacial dysostosis. (diseasesdic.com)
Exotropia is a form of strabismus which is an eye misalignment that turns either one or both of the eyes outward. (visionforlifeworks.com)
This form of strabismus, intermittent exotropia , is not a constant drifting of the eyes(s) outwards. (visionforlifeworks.com)
If you have a family member with a form of exotropia or other type of strabismus, it makes sense to contact Vision For Life for a vision evaluation as soon as possible. (visionforlifeworks.com)
Eye exotropia is a type of strabismus, a condition characterized by misaligned eyes. (lestta.com)
If a parent or close relative has eye exotropia or another type of strabismus, the risk of developing the condition increases. (lestta.com)
Exotropia refers to a type of strabismus in which the eyes diverge, or turn outward. (nvisioncenters.com)
When one or more of these muscles or the nerves controlling them fails to function properly, some form of strabismus, including exotropia, can occur. (nvisioncenters.com)
Exotropia, or an outward turning eye, is another common type of strabismus. (fortworth2020.com)
Dr. Campolattaro has experience treating conditions like Strabismus, Exotropia and Esotropia among other conditions at varying frequencies. (sharecare.com)
Strabismus is of four types based on the direction the eye turns including esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia, hypotropia. (pharmiweb.com)
Exotropia (from Greek exo meaning "outward" and trope meaning "a turning"), also referred to as divergent squint, is a form of strabismus where the eyes are deviated outward. (who.int)

Consecutive exotropia arises after an initial esotropia. (wikipedia.org)
Consecutive exotropia may however also spontaneously develop from esotropia, without surgery or botulinum toxin treatment. (wikipedia.org)
Prevalence of systemic and ocular disease in infantile exotropia: comparison with infantile esotropia. (medscape.com)
Not as common as the eyes crossing inward (esotropia), exotropia that develops in an infant can be associated with other pediatric conditions. (visionforlifeworks.com)
One eye can either be intermittently or constantly turned inward (esotropia) or outward (exotropia). (nvisioncenters.com)
Secondary exotropia occurs as a side effect of some treatments for esotropia or results from a primary sensory deficit. (nvisioncenters.com)
Consecutive exotropia occurs following optical or surgical correction of esotropia. (nvisioncenters.com)
Conclusion In our study, we propose four mathematical models as potential instruments for EOM RsL, EOM RcL and PAD modelling in esotropia and exotropia surgery. (bmj.com)
Four mathematical models as potential instruments for extraocular muscle (EOM) resection length, EOM recession length and postoperative angle of deviation modelling in esotropia and exotropia surgery were developed. (bmj.com)
Alternate deviations or cases where the exotropia in far or the esotropia in near are more, preferably with bilateral surgery, and in cases of constant unilateral deviation, surgery will be performed on one eye. (who.int)

According to a study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, over 90 percent of children with intermittent exotropia become nearsighted by the time they reach 20. (wikipedia.org)
Aim: To examine the association of distance-near disparity with neurological disease in children with intermittent exotropia. (elsevierpure.com)
Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed of the medical records of all children with intermittent exotropia examined at the Arkansas Children's Hospital between 1989 and 2002. (elsevierpure.com)
The study group consisted of children with intermittent exotropia who had a near deviation that exceeded the deviation at distance by at least 10 prism dioptres. (elsevierpure.com)
The control group consisted of children with intermittent exotropia who had a distance deviation greater than or equal to the deviation at near. (elsevierpure.com)

Infantile exotropia (sometimes called "congenital exotropia") is seen during the first year of life, and is less common than "essential exotropia" which usually becomes apparent several years later. (wikipedia.org)
[ 1 ] They found that "half of infantile exotropia patients may present with intermittent exotropia, with similar clinical outcomes regardless of presentation. (medscape.com)
Long-term outcome of uncomplicated infantile exotropia. (medscape.com)
Infantile exotropia. (medscape.com)
also known as infantile exotropia) or acquired. (eyehealthweb.com)
Congenital exotropia is also called infantile exotropia. (diseasesdic.com)
Either called infantile or congenital exotropia , this outward turning of the eyes occurs at birth or early on in the baby's life. (visionforlifeworks.com)

The term congenital exotropia is typically reserved for patients presenting in the first year of life with a large, constant angle. (medscape.com)
Patients with craniofacial syndromes, ocular albinism, midline defects, and cerebral palsy may present with congenital exotropia. (medscape.com)
Congenital exotropia is extremely rare in the United States. (medscape.com)
The worldwide incidence of congenital exotropia is unknown. (medscape.com)
There is a higher incidence of amblyopia in congenital exotropia than in other forms of exotropia. (medscape.com)
No known racial predisposition to congenital exotropia exists. (medscape.com)
Congenital exotropia presents in infants younger than 6 months. (medscape.com)
however, congenital exotropia does not occur at a higher rate in premature children. (medscape.com)
Congenital exotropia is present at birth, whereas intermittent exotropia and sensory exotropia also exists in patients and can be diagnosed at any age. (visionforlifeworks.com)
Also known as congenital exotropia, this type begins during the first six months of life. (nvisioncenters.com)

Other types of exotropia include divergence excess and convergence insufficiency. (eyehealthweb.com)
There are different types of exotropia . (visionforlifeworks.com)

Patients with moderate or severe exophoria are more likely to develop intermittent exotropia. (diseasesdic.com)
2002. Jampolsky A. Differential diagnostic characteristics of intermittent exotropia and true exophoria. (ucm.es)

Sensory exotropia" occurs in the presence of poor vision in one eye. (wikipedia.org)
When the eye with poor or reduced eyesight is struggling to work with the other eye, the poorly seeing eye may have an inclination to drift in an outward direction, causing sensory exotropia . (visionforlifeworks.com)
Sensory exotropia results from a sensory deficit or impairment that causes a unilateral decrease in vision (poor vision in one eye). (nvisioncenters.com)

Quantifying variability in the measurement of control in intermittent exotropia. (ozhurnal.com)
An office-based scale for assessing control in intermittent exotropia. (jamanetwork.com)
Improved assessment of control in intermittent exotropia using multiple measures. (jamanetwork.com)

Wang L, Zhao K. Hot topics in treatment of intermittent exotropia. (ozhurnal.com)
An initial study of the treatment of intermittent exotropia by minus overcorrection. (jamanetwork.com)
Overcorrecting minus lens therapy for treatment of intermittent exotropia. (jamanetwork.com)
Goodacre H. Minus overcorrection: conservative treatment of intermittent exotropia in the young child-a comparative study. (jamanetwork.com)

Survey of current management of intermittent exotropia in the USA and Canada. (jamanetwork.com)

A common form of exotropia is known as "convergence insufficiency" that responds well to orthoptic vision therapy including exercises. (wikipedia.org)
this is the most common form of exotropia. (eyehealthweb.com)

[ 1 ] In their study, they evaluated differences between infants, aged younger than 1 year, with constant exotropia versus intermittent exotropia at presentation. (medscape.com)
Stereopsis before and after surgical treatment for constant versus intermittent exotropia. (ozhurnal.com)

Treating childhood intermittent distance exotropia: a qualitative study of decision making. (ox.ac.uk)
Yet where the evidence base for treatment options is limited, as with intermittent distance exotropia (X(T)), this presents a challenge for families and clinicians. (ox.ac.uk)
Intervention for intermittent distance exotropia with overcorrecting minus lenses. (jamanetwork.com)

The earliest sign of exotropia is usually a noticeable outward deviation of the eye. (wikipedia.org)

A type of exotropia where the deviation angle at near exceeds that at distance fixation, by ten or more prism diopters. (eyepatient.net)
Eye exotropia, also known as drifting eyes or outward deviation of the eyes, is a condition that affects the alignment of the eyes. (lestta.com)
Eye exotropia is a condition characterized by the outward deviation of one or both eyes. (lestta.com)
It is an acquired exotropia that manifests as an intermittent outward deviation of the eyes. (nvisioncenters.com)
There are individual reports on the effect of some preoperative characteristics of visual functions (like convergence, angle of deviation, presence of fusion and type of binocular vision) on the success of exotropia surgery. (ozhurnal.com)

Cooper J, Feldman J. Panoramic viewing, visual acuity of the deviating eye and anomalous retinal correspondence in the intermittent exotropia of the divergence excess type. (ucm.es)
Purpose: To compare bilateral lateral rectus recession (BLR) with unilateral recession and resection (RR) for divergence excess intermittent exotropia (IXT). (bvsalud.org)

Two weeks after the patient's initial presentation to the ED, we noted right exotropia in primary gaze. (aao.org)

Eye injuries, head trauma, and other general health conditions can also cause exotropia. (eyehealthweb.com)
Health conditions like stroke or tumors can cause exotropia. (diseasesdic.com)
Having low vision in your eye can cause exotropia. (diseasesdic.com)

However, after surgery, a significant residual exotropia was noted in many, particularly in downgaze. (entokey.com)
Patients with surgery success (postoperative orthotropes) were compared to those who had a residual exotropia of more than 10 prism diopters (PD) postoperatively in terms of the preoperative accommodative convergence-accommodation (AC/A) ratio, near point of convergence (NPC), distance stereopsis and near stereoacuity threshold. (ozhurnal.com)

In a 2008 study of 12 patients with intermittent exotropia treated with bilateral lateral rectus recession, stereoacuity, as seen in the late follow-up period, measured at 40 arcsec in 2 patients, 100 arcsec in 3 patients, 140-400 arcsec in 2 patients, and none in 5 patients. (medscape.com)

In children, untreated eye exotropia can lead to amblyopia, commonly known as lazy eye, where the brain suppresses the image from the misaligned eyes, causing reduced vision in that eye. (lestta.com)
Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are crucial in managing eye exotropia and preventing complications such as amblyopia. (lestta.com)

An exotropia occurs due to the relatively unopposed force exerted on the eye by the lateral rectus muscle , which pulls the eye in an outward direction. (online-medical-dictionary.org)
Vision For Life has a variety of exercises and vision therapy treatments to treat convergence insufficiency (the inability for the eyes to work together) that occurs with exotropia . (visionforlifeworks.com)

Additionally in adults who have had exotropia since childhood, the brain may adapt to using a "blind-spot", whereby it receives images from both eyes, but no full image from the deviating eye, thus avoiding double vision, and in fact, increasing peripheral vision on the side of the deviating eye. (wikipedia.org)
Common forms of childhood exotropia. (medscape.com)
In most cases, the first signs of exotropia appear during childhood. (eyehealthweb.com)
Incidence and types of childhood exotropia: a population-based study. (ucm.es)

Exotropia causes can include muscle imbalance, neurological issues, genetic factors, or underlying health conditions like brain disorders or trauma. (nvisioncenters.com)

At 4 years of age, she underwent right lateral rectus resection resulting in improved cosmesis and a small amount of consecutive exotropia. (uiowa.edu)
Khazaeni L, Volpe NJ: Adjustable medial rectus muscle resection in adult exotropia. (msdmanuals.com)

Exotropia is an ocular misalignment often accompanied by double vision, abnormal eye movement of one or both eyes, impaired vision and discomfort. (nvisioncenters.com)

Mechanical: Mechanical exotropia is caused by a restriction or tightness of the muscles controlling the eye (fibrosis of muscle tissue, thyroid myopathy) or a physical obstruction of the extraocular muscles (orbital fracture). (eyehealthweb.com)

Exotropia can occur intermittently or be constant. (visionforlifeworks.com)

vision therapy has shown promising results if the consecutive exotropia is intermittent, alternating, and of small magnitude. (wikipedia.org)
With vision therapy, the underlying cause of exotropia can be treated to improve the eye-brain connection and retrain the patient's visual skills needed for binocular vision. (visionforlifeworks.com)
If you suspect that your child or loved one is suffering from exotropia , contact Vision For Life as soon as possible so that he/she can be properly diagnosed and begin to receive a personalized vision therapy treatment. (visionforlifeworks.com)
The UAB School of Optometry is participating in the Vision Therapy for Intermittent Exotropia Study. (uab.edu)

People with exotropia often experience crossed diplopia. (wikipedia.org)
PURPOSE To investigate the cortical mechanisms that prevent diplopia in intermittent exotropia (X(T)) during binocular alignment (orthotropia). (ucm.es)
Suppression of physiologic diplopia in intermittent exotropia. (ucm.es)

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of slanted recession of the lateral rectus (LR) muscle for exotropia (XT) with convergence weakness. (tau.ac.il)

Because of this, it is important to watch children for symptoms of all eye conditions, including exotropia. (eyehealthweb.com)
Symptoms of exotropia may be exacerbated by prolonged reading, desk work, and computer use. (diseasesdic.com)
This type of exotropia is not as common and quite often, people that have it may have little or no symptoms. (visionforlifeworks.com)
Other symptoms that may occur with exotropia include blurred vision, double vision, headaches, eye strain, inability to focus and a feeling of motion sickness. (visionforlifeworks.com)
In this article, we will explore eye exotropia, its causes, symptoms, and available treatment options to shed light on this mysterious condition. (lestta.com)

Sensory results after lateral rectus muscle recession for intermittent exotropia operated before two years of age. (medscape.com)

Conclusion: Intermittent exotropia increasing with near fixation is associated with neurological disease in children. (elsevierpure.com)

Is Exotropia hereditary? (diseasesdic.com)

This type of exotropia can occur at any age. (diseasesdic.com)

Although the clinical data in this study seem to prove that only horizontal rectus muscle surgery is enough to treat X-pattern exotropia, the simulation model does not prove the same. (entokey.com)
In cases of severe or persistent eye exotropia, surgery may be recommended. (lestta.com)
To date, however, it has not been established what are the major diagnosis-related prognostic factors for the success of surgery for exotropia. (ozhurnal.com)
To identify the preoperative characteristics of visual functions which have an effect on the success of surgery for exotropia. (ozhurnal.com)
Preoperative close to normal values of AC/A ratio (4.0 ± 1.65 PD/D), NPC (8.03 ± 3.02 cm), the presence of distance stereopsis and near stereopsis (passing the 200 second of arc image on the Lang II stereo card) and the absence of medial rectus hypofunction of hyperfunction can be the factors favoring the success of exotropia surgery. (ozhurnal.com)
The Success of Unilateral Surgery for Constant and Intermittent Exotropia and Factors Affecting It in a Large Scandinavian Case Series. (ozhurnal.com)

Visual suppression in intermittent exotropia during binocular alignment. (ucm.es)
Melek MD, Shokida MD, Dominguez MD, Zabalo MD. Intermittent exotropia: a study of suppression in the binocular visual field in 21 cases. (ucm.es)

Intermittent exotropia is detectable after six months of age, and is considered a progressive disorder that can lead to constant exotropia if left untreated. (eyehealthweb.com)
Awaya S, Nozaki H, Itoh T, Harada K. Studies of suppression in alternating constant exotropia and intermittent exotropia with reference to effects of fusional background. (ucm.es)
Of the 59 exotropes (age range, 10 to 21 years) included in this study, 33 had basic constant exotropia (group 1) and 26, intermittent exotropia (group 2). (ozhurnal.com)

Overcorrecting minus lens therapy in patients with intermittent exotropia: should it be the first therapeutic choice? (jamanetwork.com)
Dans la présente étude de cohorte rétrospective, nous avons examiné le profil des patients atteints d'un strabisme vertical consultant en établissement de soins dans la ville de Yazd (République islamique d'Iran) et l'issue des interventions chirurgicales. (who.int)
L'étude des dossiers médicaux de 265 patients a mis en évidence une déviation verticale simple chez 19,2 % et un strabisme horizontal et vertical chez 80,8 % d'entre eux. (who.int)
Le dépistage, le diagnostic et la prise en charge précoces sont requis dans les familles affectées et chez les patients ayant des antécédents familiaux de strabisme. (who.int)
Of the 6 patients referred by both clinical and iCheckKids criteria, the diagnosis agreed in 5, but in 1 patient, the clinical examination identified astigmatism whereas iCheckKids identified exotropia. (medscape.com)

Generally, exotropia progresses in frequency and duration. (wikipedia.org)
ΔCS was smaller at intermediate spatial frequencies with better fusional ability, greater at high spatialfrequencies with photophobia, and greater at intermediate spatial frequencies with a higher frequency of exotropia. (kyobobook.co.kr)

This type of exotropia is the result of a disease, trauma, or other health condition, particularly those that affect the brain. (diseasesdic.com)
This is the most common type of exotropia, and it affects women more than men. (nvisioncenters.com)

She had bilateral adduction deficits, limitation in upgaze bilaterally, and an alternating exotropia. (aao.org)

Overminus lens therapy for intermittent exotropia. (jamanetwork.com)
A randomized trial evaluating short-term effectiveness of overminus lenses in children 3 to 6 years of age with intermittent exotropia. (jamanetwork.com)
A randomized clinical trial of overminus spectacle therapy for intermittent exotropia. (jamanetwork.com)

Purpose: To determine whether contrast sensitivity (CS) can represent photophobia in intermittent exotropia (IXT) by comparingthe CS test with and without glare stimulus, and to analyze the factors of IXT affecting CS. (kyobobook.co.kr)

Anatomy1

Diseases5

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment4

Psychiatry and Psychology4

Phenomena and Processes4

Strabismus20

Esotropia10

Children with intermittent exotropia5

Infantile7

Congenital10

Types of exotropia2

Exophoria2

Sensory Exotropia3

Control in intermittent exotropia3

Treatment of intermittent exotropia4

Management of intermittent exotropia1

Common form of exotropia2

Versus intermittent exotropia2

Intermittent distance exotropia3

Sign of exotropia1

Deviation5

Divergence excess2

Right exotropia1

Cause exotropia3

Residual exotropia2

Lateral rectus recession1

Amblyopia2

Occurs2

Childhood4

Muscle Imbalance1

Resection2

Misalignment1

Restriction or tightness1

Intermittently1

Vision therapy4

Diplopia3

Convergence1

Symptoms5

Recession1

Neurological1

Hereditary1

Occur at any age1

Surgery6

Binocular2

Constant3

Patients5

Frequency2

Type2

Bilateral1

Overminus3

Photophobia1