Surgical treatment of familial absence of the inferior rectus muscle

Sujata Guha; Preeti M Hurakadli; Sanil V Shah; Khyati Shah

doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2015.02.007

Surgical treatment of familial absence of the inferior rectus muscle

J AAPOS. 2015 Jun;19(3):289-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2015.02.007.

Authors

Sujata Guha¹, Preeti M Hurakadli², Sanil V Shah¹, Khyati Shah¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata, India.
² Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata, India. Electronic address: preetimhurakadli@gmail.com.

PMID: 26059678
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2015.02.007

Abstract

Familial inferior rectus muscle aplasia is rare. Patients with this condition require surgery to correct hypertropia and anomalous head posture. We report successful surgical outcomes in a father with bilateral and his 2 children with unilateral absent inferior rectus muscle, all 3 of whom were diagnosed preoperatively by imaging.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Child, Preschool
Eye Abnormalities / diagnostic imaging
Eye Abnormalities / physiopathology
Eye Abnormalities / surgery*
Eye Movements / physiology
Female
Humans
Male
Ocular Motility Disorders / diagnosis
Ocular Motility Disorders / physiopathology
Ocular Motility Disorders / surgery*
Oculomotor Muscles / abnormalities*
Oculomotor Muscles / diagnostic imaging
Oculomotor Muscles / physiopathology
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures*
Pedigree
Tendon Transfer / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed