Acute acquired comitant esotropia in children: is it a neurological disease?

Acute acquired comitant esotropia (AACE) is a relatively rare type of pediatric strabismus, often described as a possible presentation of intracranial pathology including a brain tumor. Therefore, many clinicians recommend performing a neurological evaluation and neuroimaging in these cases. However, the risk of having neurological disease is not clear since many of the cases previously presented had other neurological or ophthalmological abnormalities besides the esotropia including headache, vomiting, gait disturbances, nystagmus or papilledema.
Source: Journal of AAPOS - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Source Type: research