Pseudomyopia with paradoxical accommodation: a case reportopen access
- Authors
- Park, In Ki; Park, Young Kee; Shin, Jae-Ho; Chun, Yeoun Sook
- Issue Date
- Mar-2021
- Publisher
- BMC
- Keywords
- Accommodation; Case report; Ciliary muscle; Paradoxical; Pseudomyopia
- Citation
- BMC OPHTHALMOLOGY, v.21, no.1
- Journal Title
- BMC OPHTHALMOLOGY
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 1
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/50694
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12886-021-01907-5
- ISSN
- 1471-2415
1471-2415
- Abstract
- Background Pseudomyopia is caused by increased refractive power by ciliary muscle spasm. Most patients cannot overcome pseudomyopia spontaneously; therefore, treatment of pseudomyopia is fastidious and needs a multidisciplinary approach. We report a case of unusual pseudomyopia with paradoxical accommodation, straining eyes to induce emmetropia at far distance and relaxing eyes to focus at near objects, contrary to physiological accommodation. Case presentation A 33-year-old woman experienced intermittent distant vision discomfort. This occurred at least a few hundred times daily. She could see near objects clearly; however, distant objects could be seen clearly only when she strained her eyes. Uncorrected distance visual acuity was 20/20 and manifest refraction (MR) in both eyes in the relaxed state was approximately - 2.5 D. MR changed to approximately - 0.5 D when she grimaced and strained her eyes when attempting to focus on distant letters. Her response was contrary to the physiological accommodative response. Cycloplegic refraction was approximately 0.0 D. Binocular autorefractor/keratometer was used to objectively evaluate her refractive response and pupil reaction according to accommodative stimulation. The IOL Master was used to evaluate the anterior chamber depth (ACD), lens thickness (LT), and pupil diameter with relaxed and strained eyes. For stepwise static accommodative stimuli (1-5 D), the refractive responses were correspondingly stepwise, similar to those elicited by healthy individuals. However, contrary to physiological accommodation, she strained her eyes to see distant objects and relaxed them to see near objects. There was no change in pupil diameter despite the accommodative stimuli being maximum. Biometry results showed that ACD deepened and LT flattened with eye strain, which were contrary to those during physiological accommodation. Conclusions We report a rare case with reverse of physiological accommodative response. When patients complain of unusual distant visual discomfort, pseudomyopia with paradoxical accommodation should be considered.
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