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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Ocular Motility Disorders > Strabismus > Esotropia
Eye Diseases > Ocular Motility Disorders > Strabismus > Esotropia
Nervous System Diseases > Cranial Nerve Diseases > Ocular Motility Disorders > Strabismus > Esotropia

Preferred term

Esotropia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Convergent Strabismus
  • Cross Eye
  • Cross-Eye
  • Cross-Eyes
  • Internal Strabismus
  • Strabismus, Convergent
  • Strabismus, Internal

Note

  • do not confuse with EXOTROPIA, eye turning outward

Scope note

  • A form of ocular misalignment characterized by an excessive convergence of the visual axes, resulting in a "cross-eye" appearance. An example of this condition occurs when paralysis of the lateral rectus muscle causes an abnormal inward deviation of one eye on attempted gaze.

History note

  • 90(80); was see under STRABISMUS 1980-89; was see STRABISMUS 1975-79

In other languages

  • sisäänkarsastus

    Finnish

  • esotropi alternerande monokulär utom intermittent
  • esotropia
  • esotropia alternans monocularis non intermittens
  • konvergent konkomitant skelning (inåtskelning)
  • myötäseuraava ilmeinen sisäänkarsastus
  • strabismus convergens
  • strabismus convergens concomitans
  • vuorotteleva yhden silmän esotropia, ei ajoittainen
  • Inåtskelning

    Swedish

  • Esotropi
  • Konvergent strabism
  • Primär esotropi
  • Sekundär esotropi

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004948

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