Preferred Label : Brown's sheath syndrome;
ICD-11 definition : The Brown sheath syndrome is an abnormal binocular alignment caused by abnormalities
of ocular movement in one or both eyes characterized by limitation of elevation in
adduction. In many cases difficulty for the superior oblique tendon to slide through
the trochlea is identified. The condition may be congenital or acquired . This form
of strabismus is vertical, a hypotropia, and may also be associated with a V pattern
in which there is an exotropia in upgaze.;
ICD-11 synonym : Brown syndrome; Brown tendon sheath syndrome; superior oblique tendon sheath syndrome;
Origin ID : 460286774;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
The Brown sheath syndrome is an abnormal binocular alignment caused by abnormalities
of ocular movement in one or both eyes characterized by limitation of elevation in
adduction. In many cases difficulty for the superior oblique tendon to slide through
the trochlea is identified. The condition may be congenital or acquired . This form
of strabismus is vertical, a hypotropia, and may also be associated with a V pattern
in which there is an exotropia in upgaze.
