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Mild hypermetropia

MedGen UID:
1632600
•Concept ID:
C4703503
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Mild hyperopia
 
HPO: HP:0031728

Definition

A form of hypermetropia with not more than +2.00 diopters. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMild hypermetropia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The relationship between higher-order aberrations and amblyopia treatment in hyperopic anisometropic amblyopia.
Lee SH, Chang JW
Korean J Ophthalmol 2014 Feb;28(1):66-75. Epub 2014 Jan 21 doi: 10.3341/kjo.2014.28.1.66. PMID: 24505201Free PMC Article
Infant hyperopia: detection, distribution, changes and correlates-outcomes from the cambridge infant screening programs.
Atkinson J, Braddick O, Nardini M, Anker S
Optom Vis Sci 2007 Feb;84(2):84-96. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318031b69a. PMID: 17299337
Hyperopia and educational attainment in a primary school cohort.
Williams WR, Latif AH, Hannington L, Watkins DR
Arch Dis Child 2005 Feb;90(2):150-3. doi: 10.1136/adc.2003.046755. PMID: 15665167Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinical features of acute acquired comitant esotropia in the Chinese populations.
Fu T, Wang J, Levin M, Xi P, Li D, Li J
Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 Nov;96(46):e8528. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000008528. PMID: 29145257Free PMC Article
The long-term outcome of the refractive error in children with hypermetropia.
Mezer E, Meyer E, Wygnansi-Jaffe T, Haase W, Shauly Y, Biglan AW
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2015 Jul;253(7):1013-9. Epub 2015 May 8 doi: 10.1007/s00417-015-3033-z. PMID: 25952040
Refraction and keratometry in 40 week old premature (corrected age) and term infants.
Snir M, Friling R, Weinberger D, Sherf I, Axer-Siegel R
Br J Ophthalmol 2004 Jul;88(7):900-4. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2003.037499. PMID: 15205234Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Refraction in Preschool Children in Kazanlak, Bulgaria.
Slaveykov K, Trifonova K
Folia Med (Plovdiv) 2020 Jun 30;62(2):345-351. doi: 10.3897/folmed.62.e47463. PMID: 32666755
Clinical features of acute acquired comitant esotropia in the Chinese populations.
Fu T, Wang J, Levin M, Xi P, Li D, Li J
Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 Nov;96(46):e8528. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000008528. PMID: 29145257Free PMC Article
Early onset of acquired comitant non-accommodative esotropia in childhood.
Sturm V, Menke MN, Töteberg M, Jaggi GP, Schoeffler C
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2012 Apr;229(4):357-61. Epub 2012 Apr 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1299237. PMID: 22496003
Educational attainment of 10-year-old children with treated and untreated visual defects.
Stewart-Brown S, Haslum MN, Butler N
Dev Med Child Neurol 1985 Aug;27(4):504-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1985.tb04575.x. PMID: 4029521
Refractive power of premature children at infancy and early childhood.
Shapiro A, Yanko L, Nawratzki I, Merin S
Am J Ophthalmol 1980 Aug;90(2):234-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)74860-3. PMID: 7425036

Prognosis

The long-term outcome of the refractive error in children with hypermetropia.
Mezer E, Meyer E, Wygnansi-Jaffe T, Haase W, Shauly Y, Biglan AW
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2015 Jul;253(7):1013-9. Epub 2015 May 8 doi: 10.1007/s00417-015-3033-z. PMID: 25952040

Clinical prediction guides

Early onset of acquired comitant non-accommodative esotropia in childhood.
Sturm V, Menke MN, Töteberg M, Jaggi GP, Schoeffler C
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2012 Apr;229(4):357-61. Epub 2012 Apr 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1299237. PMID: 22496003
Educational attainment of 10-year-old children with treated and untreated visual defects.
Stewart-Brown S, Haslum MN, Butler N
Dev Med Child Neurol 1985 Aug;27(4):504-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1985.tb04575.x. PMID: 4029521

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