Dr. Sunanda Nandi

Fellow, Child Sight Institute, Jasti V Ramanamma Children eye care centre; Department of Pediatric, Strabismus and Neuro-ophthalmology, Kallam Anji Reddy campus; L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad

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Dr. Sunanda Nandi has passed her MBBS and Master degree in Ophthalmology from Assam Medical College and presently pursuing fellowship in pediatric, strabismus and neuroophthalmology from prestigious L V Prasad eye institute, Hyderabad. She has around 13 publications to her name and have also presented in many national and state conferences with varied achievements in different forums.

  1. Articles 7 Apr 2024 5 min read

    Cyclic Esotropia

    Cyclic esotropia is a rare form of non-accommodative convergent strabismus which present as 24-hour period of straight eye position followed by 24 hours of large-angle esotropia1. Burian in 1958 described Cyclic esotropia for the first time in English literature2. Duke-Elder3 described the “Cyclic Squint” as a “rare and curious condition which invariably takes the form of a temporary esotropia.” Etiopathogenesis/Theories The etiology of this rare form of convergent strabismus is unknown. Possible theories behind the evolution of such a strabismus include progressive loss of compensation of a latent strabismus, change of a central clock mechanism, and incomplete cerebral dominance, with interhemispheric conflict1 spontaneously or may be precipitated by a trigger. The trigger can be traumatic brain injury, strabismus surgery, extracapsular cataract surgery, retinal detachment with scleral buckling, orbital surgery and ocular trauma 4 . However, many cases have been associated with other