26 June 2025
: Case report 
Esotropia Induced by Slipped Lateral Rectus Muscle After Orbital Fat Herniation Surgery: A Case Report
Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents
Kie Iida ABCDEF 1,2, Toshiaki Goseki ADEG 3,4,5*, Toru Kawanobe B 4, Shinya Takahashi
B 4, Ayaka Noguchi B 2,4, Yuichiro Tanaka AB 4, Tadahiko Kozawa AB 4, Tadashi Nakano AG 1
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.948643
Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e948643
Figure 3 Right lateral rectus muscle advancement. (A) Fat adhesion and scar formation observed in the lateral rectus muscle insertion area. (B) A translucent membrane tissue extends posteriorly from the muscle insertion. (C) The lateral rectus muscle belly posterior to the membrane tissue has been sutured, and the membrane tissue has been detached. The excised membrane tissue is held in the forceps. The muscle belly is posterior to the suture. (D) The muscle belly has been sutured to the sclera 7 mm from the corneal limbus.