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Treatment approach for a patient with double elevator palsy in his fixating eye

Fiksatör gözünde çift elevatör felci olan hastaya tedavi yaklaşımı

Pages
256–259
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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The recession of vertical recti should be considered first, before aggressive transposition procedures in the case of amblyopia in the other eye.

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Objective & Hypothesis:We describe a patient with left double elevator palsy who had been referred to our strabismus department with a diagnosis of right hypertropia and amblyopia.
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Key Findings & Data:The patient was a 22-year-old man.
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Conclusion & Impact:The recession of vertical recti should be considered first, before aggressive transposition procedures in the case of amblyopia in the other eye.
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Abstract

We describe a patient with left double elevator palsy who had been referred to our strabismus department with a diagnosis of right hypertropia and amblyopia. The patient was a 22-year-old man. He had a hypertropia of 40 PD in the primary position in his hyperopic right eye (+3.50 D). The best corrected visual acuity was 0.3 in this amblyopic right eye. The patient had 2 mm of ptosis and eyebrow elevation in his left eye in the primary position with no elevation of the eye above the horizontal plane. He showed a left hypotropia of 30PD while fixating with right eye. He had a recession of left inferior and right superior recti after the forced-duction test. Postoperatively he still had a 2mm ptosis despite the orthophoria in primary position. Two weeks after the first operation a levator aponeurosis tucking through the skin was made. After the second operation an orthophoria and lid symmetry in the primary position were achieved. As a conclusion, the examination of a patient with double elevator palsy in the dominant eye may misdirect the ophthalmologist. An elevation deficiency of the other eye should always be examined in a patient with hypertropia. The recession of vertical recti should be considered first, before aggressive transposition procedures in the case of amblyopia in the other eye.

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22 yaşında erkek hasta sağ göz hipertropya ve ambliyopi tanısıyla servisimiz şaşılık birimine sevk edilmişti. Yapılan muayenesinde primer pozisyonda sağ gözde 40 PD hipertropya ve +3.50 D hipermetropi mevcuttu. Anizometropik ambliyopiye bağlı olarak görmesi 0.3 düzeyindeydi. Görmesi tam fiksatör sol gözde ise ptozis, kaşta elevasyon, orta hattan itibaren elevasyon kısıtlılığı saptandı. Sağ gözle fiksasyon sağlandığında solda 30 PD hipotropya ortaya çıkmaktaydı. Hastaya forse duksiyon testi yapıldıktan sonra, öncelikle sağ göz üst rektus ve sol göz alt rektus geriletmeleri yapıldı. Primer pozisyonda ortoforya sağlanmasına karşın solda 2 mm ptozisin devam ettiği görüldü. Bu sebeple hastaya sol levator katlama ameliyatı uygulandı. Cerrahi sonrasında primer pozisyonda ortoforya ve kapak simetrisi elde edildi.Sonuç olarak, fiksatör gözde çift elevatör felci olduğunda, hastanın muayenesi uzmanı yanıltabilir. Bu yüzden hipertropyalı hastalarda diğer gözde elevasyon yetmezliği her zaman göz önünde tutulmalıdır. Fiksatör gözde agresif transpozisyon cerrahilerinden önce, diğer göze girişimi de içeren tedavi planlamaları yapılabilir.

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YILDIZ, T. F., DUMAN, C., ÇOLAKOĞLU, K., AYDIN, A., BİLGE, A. H. (2022). Treatment approach for a patient with double elevator palsy in his fixating eye. Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 38 - Sayı: 3, 256–259. https://ajindex.com/articles/638591

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