[Intermittent exotropia associated with accommodative esotropia].

Intermittent exotropia associated with accommodative esotropia is a rare particular type of strabismus. 8 cases of XT-ET were presented here. The clinical features of them were summarized as follows: 1. The age of onset was early. 2. The initial symptom was esotropia, exotropia was observed by doctor. 3. The most patients (6/8) associated high or medium hyperopia. 4. The AC/A rate were normal or lower than normal. 5. The angle of deviation varied with the examination, exotropia 30 degrees-15 degrees<-->orthophoria<-->esotropia 15 degrees-30 degrees. 6. The esotropia can be corrected with spectacles. The visual-vestibular interaction examination for eye movement were examined in 3 cases, but have no regular expression yet. Finally, the incidence (0.4%, 8/21 58) and treatment for this disease were discussed.