DR. KIRANDEEP KAUR

DR. VEENA KANNVSAMY, DR BHARAT GURNANI, DR.APURVA NAGTODE

Abstract

Our study describes series of patients with AACE who presented during COVID-19 era.

Methods: Clinical findings of patients with AACE of undetermined etiology from June 2020 onwards were retrieved from medical records and analyzed.

Results: 27 cases with a mean age of 9.1 years were reviewed. Male: female ratio was 4:1. Diplopia was present in 9(33.3%) cases. Mean duration of complaints was 1.8 months. Excessive mobile usage was present in 14(51.8%) patients. Mean deviation for distance was 38.71 and near was 37.30 prism diopters. One patient resolved fully with patching. Five patients underwent surgical correction. Three of these with less than 1-month duration of presentation recovered binocularity post-surgery. Imaging revealed pathology in 2 patients, and 3 had evidence of periventricular leukomalacia.

Conclusion: Neurological associations and perinatal insult should always be ruled out. Early correction, either surgically or with prims/botox, can preserve binocularity.