Less marked limitation of adduction (inward movement) of the same eye.Limitation of abduction (outward movement) of the affected eye.The characteristic features of the syndrome are: Notice the affected left eye faces straight and up, rather than following the right eye to the right.
Presentation Patient with Duane syndrome attempting to look far right. Other names for this condition include: Duane's retraction syndrome, eye retraction syndrome, retraction syndrome, congenital retraction syndrome and Stilling-Türk-Duane syndrome. The syndrome was first described by ophthalmologists Jakob Stilling (1887) and Siegmund Türk (1896), and subsequently named after Alexander Duane, who discussed the disorder in more detail in 1905. 10-year-old girl.ĭuane syndrome is a congenital rare type of strabismus most commonly characterized by the inability of the eye to move outward.
