"Double vision" as a presenting symptom in adults without acquired or long-standing strabismus.

Background: Evaluation of adults with a symptom of acquired double vision is a challenging diagnostic problem. This retrospective report reviews a series of adult patients who presented with a symptom of "double vision" but did not have diplopia related to a recently acquired or decompensated strabismus. The symptom of double vision was related mainly to blurred vision and often was not true binocular diplopia.

Dynamic visual acuity: its place in ophthalmology?

Introduction And Purpose: To detect if dynamic visual acuity can be useful in the evaluation of a patient with vague asthenopic complaints including dizziness.

Method: A review of the vestibular system and the vestibular ocular reflex as it relates to dynamic visual acuity.

Results: Ten patients with asthenopic symptoms and convergence insufficiency were tested with dynamic visual acuity.

Development of primary axial myopic anisometropia.

Assessment of refractive errors is an integral part of the treatment of ophthalmic problems. This is especially important in pediatric patients for early diagnosis of strabismus and amblyopia. In anisometropic amblyopia, careful monitoring of the refractive error is necessary.