Bilateral dissociated vertical deviation in a case of congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy

Hypotropic Dissociated Vertical Deviation; a Case Report

PURPOSE To report the clinical features of a rare case of hypotropic dissociated vertical deviation (DVD). CASE REPORT A 25-year-old female was referred with unilateral esotropia, hypotropia and slow variable downward drift in her left eye. She had history of esotropia since she had been 3-4 months of age. Best corrected visual acuity was 20/20 in her right eye and 20/40 in the left one when ...

Dissociated Vertical Deviation

DOS Times Vol. 12, No. 3 September, 2006 Dissociated Vertical Deviation (DVD) is one of the least understood forms of strabismus. It was first described by Stevens as double vertical strabismus, other common names given to this anomaly are, Alternating hyperphoria (Crone), Anaphoria / anatropia (Stevens), Periodic vertical squint (Anderson), Strabismus sursoadductorius (Cords). The term "Dissoc...

Management of Dissociated Vertical Deviation.

Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty for congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy

Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED), presents in infancy or early childhood with bilateral clouding of corneas. This condition has previously been managed surgically with penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). Performing PKP in pediatric patients has its own set of difficulties. More recently, there has been growing interest in treating this condition with Descemet's stripping automated...

Penetrating keratoplasty in young children with congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy.

PURPOSE To report the visual results and success rate of penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) in a series of young children with congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED). METHODS This is a retrospective study on twenty-four eyes of 15 patients (seven male and eight female) operated on for CHED. Children less than 12 years of age at the time of surgery who were followed for at least 6 mont...