| Literature DB >> 2257774 |
B Bagolini1, C Tamburrelli, A Dickmann, C Colosimo.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2257774 DOI: 10.1007/bf00145815
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Doc Ophthalmol ISSN: 0012-4486 Impact factor: 2.379