The best of the best: a review of select pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus case reports published in 2015

Abstract

This review highlights 4 case reports in the field of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus published in the year 2015. The first article describes ocular presentations of acute childhood leukemia relapse. The second demonstrates the association of sector iris hemangioma with diffuse choroidal hemangioma. The third article provides a secondary procedure for persistent hypertropia in thyroid-related orbitopathy, and the fourth article describes a treatment for cyclic esotropia with temporary use of prismatic correction.

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“…IOOA is classified as primary IOOA, if there is no cause for ipsilateral superior oblique palsy or contralateral superior rectus weakness. 1,6 The surgical success rate was the same in group 1 composed of primary IOOA and group 2 composed of isolated vertical deviations. Group 1 cases were more hyperopic than the other group, since the majority of group 1 cases were associated with ET.…”

“…Horizontal deviations are more commonly followed-up and treated by ophthalmologists, because they are more associated wth amblyopia and more easily recognized by the patients themselves or by the parents in case of young cases. 1 Vertical deviations may be isolated or associated with horizontal deviations. Isolated cases are less prevalent than the associated ones.…”