Progressive anisometropia and orthokeratology: a case report

Typically, anisometropia is defined as a between‐eye difference in spherical equivalent refractive error of 1.00 D or more. In the absence of ocular pathology, such as lenticular changes, it is thought to be the results of asymmetric axial elongation. During childhood development, an unequal disrupt...

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Published in:Clinical and experimental optometry 2018-07, Vol.101 (4), p.599-600
Main Author: Lum, Edward
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anisometropia
Anisometropia - physiopathology
Anisometropia - therapy
Case reports
Child, Preschool
Disease Progression
Eye diseases
Humans
Male
Myopia
Myopia - physiopathology
Myopia - therapy
myopia control
Optometry
Orthokeratologic Procedures
orthokeratology
Retinoscopy
Visual Acuity - physiology
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Summary:Typically, anisometropia is defined as a between‐eye difference in spherical equivalent refractive error of 1.00 D or more. In the absence of ocular pathology, such as lenticular changes, it is thought to be the results of asymmetric axial elongation. During childhood development, an unequal disruption to the normal emmetropisation of the eyes leads to anisometropia, which can affect normal binocularity and cause amblyopia. A previous case report by Cheung, Cho and Fan involving a young Asian male with anisometropia showed axial elongation (myopic progression) monitored over a two‐year period was slower in the orthokeratology lens‐wearing, myopic eye compared to the contralateral, non‐lens wearing, emmetropic eye. This case report describes the bilateral treatment of a child with progressive myopia and anisometropia (anisomyopia) with orthokeratology.
ISSN:0816-4622
1444-0938
DOI:10.1111/cxo.12542