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Esotropia

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A form of strabismus with one or both eyes turned inward ('crossed') to a relatively severe degree, usually defined as 10 diopters or more. [ HPO:probinson ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • SNOMEDCT_US:16596007
  • MSH:D004948
  • UMLS:C0014877
Subsets

hposlim_core

comment

Esotropia is analogous to but more severe thatn esophoria. Affected children are more likely to have amblyopia or require corrective eye muscle surgery than children with esophoria.

definition

A form of strabismus with one or both eyes turned inward ('crossed') to a relatively severe degree, usually defined as 10 diopters or more.

has exact synonym

Inward turning cross eyed

id

HP:0000565

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