Brazilian best practice guidelines for amblyopia diagnosis and management.

This study aimed to propose a guideline for amblyopia treatment and follow-up. Studies show that amblyopia leads to a series of perceptual deficits, including loss of visual acuity, stereoacuity, and contrast sensitivity. Perceptual changes are also found in the sound eye, such as those involving the types of motion perception.

Brazilian guideline for pediatric cycloplegia and mydriasis.

Cycloplegia is crucial for reliable pediatric ophthalmology examinations. This document provides a re-commendation for pediatric cycloplegia and mydriasis for Brazilian ophthalmologists. This article was developed based on literature reviews; the clinical experience of Brazilian specialists, as obtained through questionnaires; and the consensus of the Expert Committee of the Brazilian Pediatric Ophthalmology Society.

Varied presentations of congenital ocular synkinesis: do they all fit congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder spectrum?

Purpose: Synkinesis results from nerve miswirings and causes aberrant movements of the affected muscles. We present a series of cases of rare congenital ocular synkinesis involving the extraocular muscles and the levator palpebrae superioris and speculate the possibility of classifying these entities in the spectrum of congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder.

Methods: Records of patients with the diagnosis of congenital ocular synkinesis were analyzed retrospectively.

Increased restriction from an accessory lateral rectus in exotropic Duane syndrome.

Supernumerary extraocular muscles can cause restrictive strabismus, unusual ocular movements, and a persistent positive forced duction test. Even among patients with clinically typical strabismus, intraoperative testing and surgical exploration may reveal the presence of supernumerary extraocular muscles. We report the case of a patient with exotropic Duane syndrome found intraoperatively to have an accessory lateral rectus muscle, with histopathologically confirmed striated fibers.

Trochlear-oculomotor synkinesis: another congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder?

This report documents an unusual phenomenon. A 6-year-old girl with trochlear-oculomotor synkinesis presented with superior oblique and palpebral levator co-contraction. The literature was reviewed and the possibility of classifying this entity as a congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder was speculated.