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Convergent strabismus fixus in high myopic patients

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Patients with high myopia may develop a myopathy which frequently results in a sort of convergent strabismus fixus. Echographic and CT scan findings give evidence that a myopathic paralysis of the lateral rectus is supported by a slow pressure on this muscle squeezed between the lateral orbital wall and the enlarged eyeball.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

    B. Bagolini MD, C. Tamburrelli & A. Dickmann

  2. Department of Radiology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

    C. Colosimo

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Bagolini, B., Tamburrelli, C., Dickmann, A. et al. Convergent strabismus fixus in high myopic patients. Doc Ophthalmol 74, 309–320 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145815

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