New onset of crossed eyes in an adult

Surv Ophthalmol. 2001 Jan-Feb;45(4):335-44. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(00)00190-9.

Abstract

A 77-year-old woman presents with a seven-year history of an isolated slowly progressive esotropia with bilateral abduction defects. The only potential cause discovered was dolichoectasia of the intracavernous carotid arteries.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abducens Nerve Diseases / etiology*
  • Aged
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / complications*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnosis
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology*
  • Cavernous Sinus / pathology*
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / complications
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnosis
  • Disease Progression
  • Esotropia / etiology*
  • Esotropia / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed