Presence of Intercellular Fat in Extraocular Muscles of Patients Undergoing Strabismus Surgery

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Identifier 20210222_nanos_posters_120
Title Presence of Intercellular Fat in Extraocular Muscles of Patients Undergoing Strabismus Surgery
Creator Abraham Hang; Devin Cohen; Madhura Tamhankar; Sarah Lee; Maxwell Pistilli; Vivian Lee
Affiliation (AH) Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (DC) (MT) (SL) (MP) (VL) Dept. of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Subject Adult Strabismus; Diplopia; Ocular Motility
Description Histopathology of extra-ocular muscles of both healthy and strabismic eyes reveal presence of lipid-like droplets, collagen proliferation, and abnormal arrangements and sizes of contractile elements.1-4 The significance of these changes is unknown and phenotypic correlation is lacking in the literature. Our goal is to study the significance of fatty infiltration in resected muscles of patients with strabismus.
Date 2021-02
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2021 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 2021: Poster Session III: Ocular Motility Disorders and Nystagmus
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2021. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1675910
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wb15xk
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