Pediatric Ophthalmology Glossary

Eye misalignment where the horizontal deviation increases when looking up and decreases when looking down, forming an 'A...

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - the primary professional organization for pediatric ey...

The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the primary professional organization for pediatric...

The relationship between accommodative convergence and accommodation, measured as prism diopters of convergence per diop...

The ratio of convergence response to accommodation stimulus, critical for diagnosing accommodative esotropia.

Inward eye turn that occurs when the child focuses on near objects due to uncorrected farsightedness.

Eye abnormalities associated with albinism including reduced pigmentation, foveal hypoplasia, and chiasmal misrouting.

Reduced vision in one eye due to abnormal visual development, commonly called "lazy eye."

Any refractive error of the eye where light fails to focus properly on the retina.

A condition where the two eyes perceive images of significantly different sizes, often causing diplopia and impaired bin...

Significant difference in refractive error between the two eyes.

Absence of the natural crystalline lens, typically following cataract extraction in pediatric patients requiring immedia...

A binocular vision test using glasses with fine striations to assess suppression, diplopia, and abnormal retinal corresp...

A diagnostic test for superior oblique palsy where the patient's head is tilted to each shoulder to assess cyclotorsiona...

The ability of both foveas to simultaneously fixate on the same target, creating a single binocular image.

Ultrasonic measurement technique to determine axial length and other ocular dimensions for IOL power calculation in pedi...

A therapeutic procedure using botulinum toxin to temporarily weaken extraocular muscles for strabismus treatment or ptos...

A restrictive strabismus characterized by limited elevation in adduction due to superior oblique tendon sheath restricti...

Preferential looking test used to assess visual acuity in preverbal children using vanishing optotype cards.

A type of strabismus where the deviation remains constant in all directions of gaze, indicating normal extraocular muscl...

A group of inherited disorders characterized by restriction of eye movements due to fibrosis and maldevelopment of extra...

Elevated intraocular pressure present at birth causing corneal enlargement, cloudiness, and potential vision loss.

A screening test using penlight reflection off the corneas to detect manifest strabismus and estimate deviation magnitud...

Vision dysfunction caused by damage to or malfunction of visual processing areas in the brain rather than the eyes thems...