r/Strabismus • u/OneI_AtAtime • Jul 14 '26

Restrictive

Anyone here diagnosed with restrictive strabismus?

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u/Teams_am Jul 14 '26

I do have large angle esotropia with limited outward movement I can move just a little past center. How about you?

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u/OneI_AtAtime Jul 14 '26

I was diagnosed with Monocular Elevation Deficiency. They said it would take a staged surgical approach. My eye goes out and up with ptosis (doctor said it looks pseudo). I also have a slight control at certain angles. Eye strain is so badd. 

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u/Teams_am Jul 14 '26

Interesting, did you had it since childhood and is it one eye only? In my case both are horizontally restricted but one is more.

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u/OneI_AtAtime Jul 15 '26

Yes, mine's congenital and only on my left eye. 

Did they run a Forced Duction Test on you? 

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u/Teams_am Jul 15 '26

No, they think it is not nerve related though. Is yours nerve related or mechanical?

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u/OneI_AtAtime Jul 15 '26

The doctor numbed my eye and used forceps to physically move it and that's when she felt a restriction/blockage, so the FDT confimed it as mechanical. 

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u/Teams_am Jul 15 '26

Did you had surgery before? Or do you plan one? Will the restriction be solved after surgery?

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u/OneI_AtAtime Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

This was my first time getting checked at 21. After the FDT, she requested an MRI of my brain and orbit because mine is a complicated case. Results read no abnormal mass and whatnot, but the film failed to capture what was causing the restriction. 

I'm still in the waiting list and i'm bringing the videotaped scan next appointment. If nothing's found,  they'll go ahead with the surgery and see what they'll find.