[Strabismus in cerebral paretic and normal children. Comparison of motoric symptoms (author's transl)].

Investigations of 94 children with cerebral palsies have shown 55% strabismus incidence. Motoric symptoms like varying angles, nystagmus (latens), A-V phenomena, dissociated hypertropia and compulsive head postures are presented, frequently more often than in a number of comparison cases of undamaged squinting children. However, these symptoms have not permanently been found even in severly damaged children. With the exception of compulsive head postures, no symptoms are found in strabismus cases of cerebral paretic children that do not occur in congenital strabismus patients as well. A frequent family heredity strain of strabismus has also been noted. There is a striking proportion of divergence cases (27%). The authors do not believe in a simple damaging etiology. Pleoptic-orthoptic exercises are hardly ever practicable. Early operation may improve the initial situation as far as the neuropediatric therapy is concerned.