Optometry

Internal medicine

Pediatrics

Disease

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Pandemic

Ophthalmology

Outbreak

Surgery

Virology

Strabismus

Concomitant

Esotropia

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Medicine

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus

The public health measures imposed in many countries to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak could have negative effects on children's physical and mental health. The authors describe four cases of acquired concomitant acute esotropia likely caused from excessive application of near vision during the COVID-19 lockdown. [ J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus . 2020;57:e88–e91.]

Acute Acquired Concomitant Esotropia From Excessive Application of Near Vision During the COVID-19 Lockdown