crossed diplopia

crossed diplopia
double vision in which the image belonging to the right eye is displaced to the left of the image belonging to the left eye, as occurs in exotropia (divergent squint). Called also heteronymous d.

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  • Desmarres' law — when the visual axes are crossed the images are uncrossed; when the axes are uncrossed (diverging) the images are crossed. Useful in determining presence of esophoria and exophoria and of esotropia and exotropia. See also direct and crossed… …   Medical dictionary

  • Exotropia — Classification and external resources ICD 10 H50.1, H50.3 ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

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