anisometropia

Introduction

unequal refractive power in the two eyes; one eye may be myopic, the other hyperopic

Epidemiology

• 6% of children 6-18 years of age

Pathology

• unequal refractive states cause unequal rotations

Clinical manifestations

• diplopia
• asthenopia

Management

• corective lenses (spectacles)

More general terms

• sign/symptom
• eye disease (ophthalmopathy)