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Microtropia with identity

MedGen UID:
1646521
•Concept ID:
C4703537
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0031781

Definition

A type of microtropia with no manifest movement on cover test, the eccentric fixation point coinciding with the angle of ARC. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMicrotropia with identity

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The agreement between the Irvine 4 diopter prism test and assessment of ocular fixation in microtropia with identity.
Garretty T
Strabismus 2021 Jun;29(2):81-85. Epub 2021 Apr 22 doi: 10.1080/09273972.2021.1914675. PMID: 33886409
Is microtropia a reliable indicator of the presence of amblyopia in anisometropic patients?
Lysons D, Tapley J
Strabismus 2018 Sep;26(3):118-121. Epub 2018 Jul 30 doi: 10.1080/09273972.2018.1503308. PMID: 30060696
Microtropia: clinical findings and management for the primary eye care practitioner.
Ibironke JO
Optometry 2011 Nov;82(11):657-61. Epub 2011 Sep 10 doi: 10.1016/j.optm.2011.02.020. PMID: 21908238
Microtropia versus bifoveal fixation in anisometropic amblyopia.
Hardman Lea SJ, Snead MP, Loades J, Rubinstein MP
Eye (Lond) 1991;5 ( Pt 5):576-84. doi: 10.1038/eye.1991.100. PMID: 1794423

Diagnosis

The agreement between the Irvine 4 diopter prism test and assessment of ocular fixation in microtropia with identity.
Garretty T
Strabismus 2021 Jun;29(2):81-85. Epub 2021 Apr 22 doi: 10.1080/09273972.2021.1914675. PMID: 33886409
Is microtropia a reliable indicator of the presence of amblyopia in anisometropic patients?
Lysons D, Tapley J
Strabismus 2018 Sep;26(3):118-121. Epub 2018 Jul 30 doi: 10.1080/09273972.2018.1503308. PMID: 30060696
Microtropia: clinical findings and management for the primary eye care practitioner.
Ibironke JO
Optometry 2011 Nov;82(11):657-61. Epub 2011 Sep 10 doi: 10.1016/j.optm.2011.02.020. PMID: 21908238
Microtropia versus bifoveal fixation in anisometropic amblyopia.
Hardman Lea SJ, Snead MP, Loades J, Rubinstein MP
Eye (Lond) 1991;5 ( Pt 5):576-84. doi: 10.1038/eye.1991.100. PMID: 1794423

Prognosis

Microtropia: clinical findings and management for the primary eye care practitioner.
Ibironke JO
Optometry 2011 Nov;82(11):657-61. Epub 2011 Sep 10 doi: 10.1016/j.optm.2011.02.020. PMID: 21908238

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