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Abstract
A form of ocular misalignment where the visual axes diverge inappropriately. For example, medial rectus muscle weakness may produce this condition as the affected eye will deviate laterally upon attempted forward gaze. An exotropia occurs due to the relatively unopposed force exerted on the eye by the lateral rectus muscle, which pulls the eye in an outward direction.
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- Divergent Strabismus
- Strabismus, Divergent
- Alternating Exotropia
- Exodeviation
- Exophoria
- Monocular Exotropia
- Primary Exotropia
- Secondary Exotropia
- Exodeviations
- Exotropia, Alternating
- Exotropia, Monocular
- Exotropia, Primary
- Exotropia, Secondary
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with ESOTROPIA, eye turning inward
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History Note
90(83); was see under STRABISMUS 1983-89
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- Strabismus (1966-1982)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Exotropia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005099. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005099
- Exotropia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotropia
- Exotropia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2556242