Strabismic amblyopia is more common in patients with:
Correct Answer: Constant squint
Description: Paralytic Squint (Incomitant): * Due to complete or paial palsy of one of the nerves t at supp y * . * Here, the angle of direction of gaze, being maximal in the direction of action of the weak muscle. Eg.: - Oculomotor Palsy -> - Abducens Palsy - Trochlear Palsy Latent Strabismus / tga.Ua o It is a condition in which the tendency of the eyes to dete is kept latent by fusion. Therefore, when the influence of fusion is removed the visual axis of one eye detes away. L Types L 1. Esophoria- It is a tendency to converge. L 2. Exophoria- It is a tendency to diverge. L 3. Hyperphoria- It is a tendency to dete upwards, while hypophoria is a tendency to dete downwards. L 4. Cyclophoria- It is a tendency to rotate around the anteroposterior axis. When the 12 O&;clock meridian of cornea rotates nasally, it is called incyclophoria and when it rotates temporally it is called excyclophoria. Constant squint Least common - alternate squint. Ref: AK khurana 7th ed.
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