Still an Unsolved Question: The Place of Cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Acute Acquired Concomitant Esotropia.

Luisa Mittendorf, Matthias K Bernhard, Ina Sterker, Wieland Kiess, Janina Gburek-Augustat, Andreas Merkenschlager

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Binasal occlusion for the non-invasive management of acute acquired comitant esotropia.Frontiers in medicine · 2026
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Luisa MittendorfDivision of Neuropediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Women and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

Matthias K BernhardDivision of Neuropediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Women and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

Ina SterkerDepartment of Head and Dental Medicine, Hospital for Ophthalmology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 12, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

Wieland KiessDivision of Neuropediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Women and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

Janina Gburek-AugustatDivision of Neuropediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Women and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1827-1434

Andreas MerkenschlagerDivision of Neuropediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Women and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9959-2306

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Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to collect further data to estimate the risk of relevant intracranial pathology and thereby better assess the need for cranial imaging in children with acute acquired comitant esotropia (AACE). To date, there is still not enough literature on this topic to enable a consensus on the diagnostic algorithm.

methodsWe analyzed data from patients with convergent strabismus who received cranial imaging via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Twenty-one patients received a cranial MRI for the diagnostic evaluation of AACE. The age range was from 2 to 12 years, and the mean age at the time of diagnosis was 5.5 years. Of these patients, only one exhibited insignificant MRI findings, with no therapeutic consequences.

conclusionsOur data add further evidence that AACE without neurological findings or other ophthalmologic anomalies might not be an indication for cranial MRI as a diagnostic screening tool.

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AACEcMRIstrabismus

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PMID38790514

DOI10.3390/children11050519

PMCPMC11119212

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