intermittent xt
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ExotropiaConstant Exotropia• Infantile Exotropia• Sensory Exotropia• Consecutive Exotropia
Intermittent Exotropia
Fig: Exotropia of Left eye
Intermittent Exotropia
•Outward drifting of either eye• Interspersed with periods of good alignment
Fig: Intermittent Exotropia
Most common form of divergent strabismus
Onset before 5 years of age
Manifest during – • Visual inattention• Fatigue• Illness• Daydreaming• Drowsiness upon awakening
Causes
Imbalance between active convergence and divergence
Abnormal orbital anatomy
Abnormalities of extraocular muscle proprioception
SymptomsAsymptomatic
Transient diplopia
Asthenopic symptoms
Reflex closure of one eye in bright sunlight
Evaluation
History
Visual acuity
Measurement of deviation
Ocular motility
Slit lamp examination
Fundoscopy
Stereoacuity
Assessing the control
Category of control of exodeviation
Manifestation of Exodeviation
Fusion resumes
Good control After Cover test Rapidly without blinking /refixating
Fair control After Cover test After blinking /refixating
Poor control Spontaneously Remain manifest
Revised Newcastle Control Score
Home control (XT or monocular eye closure seen)
0 Never
1 <50% of time fixing in distance
2 >50% of time fixing in distance
3 >50% of time fixing in distance + seen at near
Clinic control (scored for near and distance fixation)
0 Immediate realignment after dissociation
1 Realignment with aid of blink or re-fixation
2 Remains manifest after dissociation/prolonged fixation
3 Manifest spontaneously
NCS total : n/9
ClassificationBasic :
Same at near and distant fixation
Convergence insufficiency : • Greater at near than at distance• Effects older children and adults
Divergence excess :Greater at distance fixation than at
near
Types-• Simulated divergence excess • True divergence excess
Non-surgical TreatmentSpectacle Correction
Overcorrecting minus lens therapy
Part-time patching of dominant eye
Active orthoptic treatment
Base-in prisms
Spectacle correction of refractive error
• Correction of significant myopia, astigmatism and hypermetropia
• Correction of mild myopia
• Mild to moderate degrees of hypermetropia not routinely corrected
Overcorrecting minus lens therapy• Stimulates accommodative
convergence & control exodeviation
• Usually 2-4 D beyond refractive error correction
• Advantage – Promotes fusion & delay surgery
• Disadvantage – Asthenopia
Part-time patching of dominant eye
• Converts intermittent exotropia to phoria
• Done 4 – 6 hours/day
• Advantage – Delays surgical intervention• Disadvantage - Prevents fusion &
accelerate progression
Active orthoptic treatments
• Consist of antisuppression therapy
• Fusional convergence training
• Should be used as supplement to surgery
Prism therapy
• Base-in prism used
• Promotes bifoveal stimulation
• Disadvantage – Causes reduction in fusional vergence amplitude
Indications of Surgical Treatment• Gradual loss of fusional control
• Increased frequency of manifest phase
• Increase size of the basic deviation
• Development of suppression
• Decrease of Stereoacuity
Surgery
• Bilateral lateral rectus recession
• Unilateral lateral rectus recession with ipsilateral medial rectus resection
• Unilateral lateral rectus recession
Lateral rectus recession
Exotropia (PD) LR recession(mm each eye)
20 4.5
25 5.0
30 6.0
35 6.5
40 7.0
45 7.5
50 8.0
LR recession and MR resection
Exotropia (PD) LR recession (mm)
MR resection (mm)
20 4.0 3.0
25 5.0 4.0
30 5.5 4.0
35 6.5 4.5
40 7.0 4.5
50 8.0 4.5
Post-operative complications Over Correction :Persistant esotropia 3-4 weeks
after surgery
Treatment - • Correction of refractive error • Part-time alternate patching • Base-out prisms • Botulinum toxin injection• Reoperation
Post-operative complication Under Correction :• Observation
• Orthoptic exercise
• Prism therapy
• Reoperation
Take Home Message • Intermittent Exotropia is difficult to
diagnose
• Proper evaluation required
• Timely treatment necessary
• Follow-up must be done to record progression
• Goal is to restore alignment and preserve Binocular Single Vision