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Open Access 21-01-2023 | Strabismus | Review Article

Comitant strabismus etiology: extraocular muscle integrity and central nervous system involvement—a narrative review

Authors: Bernat Sunyer-Grau, Lluïsa Quevedo, Manuel Rodríguez-Vallejo, Marc Argilés

Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Issue 7/2023

Abstract

Strabismus is not a condition in itself but the consequence of an underlying problem. Eye misalignment can be caused by disease, injury, and/or abnormalities in any of the structures and processes involved in visual perception and oculomotor control, from the extraocular muscles and their innervations to the oculomotor and visual processing areas in the brain. A small percentage of all strabismus cases are the consequence of well-described genetic syndromes, acquired insult, or disease affecting the extraocular muscles (EOMs) or their innervations. We will refer to them as strabismus of peripheral origin since their etiology lies in the peripheral nervous system. However, in most strabismus cases, that is comitant, non-restrictive, non-paralytic strabismus, the EOMs and their innervations function properly. These cases are not related to specific syndromes and their precise causes remain poorly understood. They are generally believed to be caused by deficits in the central neural pathways involved in visual perception and oculomotor control. Therefore, we will refer to them as central strabismus. The goal of this narrative review is to discuss the possible causes behind this particular type of eye misalignment and to raise awareness among eyecare professionals about the important role the central nervous system plays in strabismus etiology, and the subsequent implications regarding its treatment. A non-systematic search was conducted using PubMed, Medline, Cochrane, and Google Scholar databases with the keywords “origins,” “causes,” and “etiology” combined with “strabismus.” A snowball approach was also used to find relevant references. In the following article, we will first describe EOM integrity in central strabismus; next, we will address numerous reasons that support the idea of central nervous system (CNS) involvement in the origin of the deviation, followed by listing several possible central causes of the ocular misalignment. Finally, we will discuss the implications CNS etiology has on strabismus treatment.

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Title: Comitant strabismus etiology: extraocular muscle integrity and central nervous system involvement—a narrative review
Authors: Bernat Sunyer-Grau
Lluïsa Quevedo
Manuel Rodríguez-Vallejo
Marc Argilés
Publication date: 21-01-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Strabismus
Strabismus
Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Issue 7/2023
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-022-05935-9

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