An Atypical Response to Occlusion of a Congenital Esotrope

Ann Stephens, DOBA

Congenital esotropia of large degree generally has a poor prognosis for functional cure, unless early surgical intervention is undertaken.

Well supervised, pre-operative orthoptics is most important and may produce an unusual response. The congenital case studied was a large angle of deviation, which reduced dramatically following many months of orthoptics, beginning at the age of eight months.