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Atypical kind of accommodative spasm

Poster Details

First Author: S.Katarzyna POLAND

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Abstract Details



Purpose:

The aim of the study is to exemplify one clinical setting in which atypical kind of accommodative spasm was presented.

Setting:

: Sudden eyeball movement disorders are often of organic ground (injury, ischemia, demyelization). In some cases the etiology cannot be determined unambiguous.

Methods:

A 52-year-old patient with myopia reported due to diplopia hindering her work at close. . Similar ailments occurred in that patient 4 years ago, which was associated then with too strong and wrongly positioned progressive contact lenses.

Results:

A horizontal eye movement disorder has been diagnosed. It consisted in bilateral abduction difficulty, accompanied by convergence spasm of varying intensity, which resulted in convergent squint

Conclusions:

This patient has been presented because of non-typicalness of symptoms and huge difficulties in diagnosis.

Financial Disclosure:

None

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