# Corectopia

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'''Corectopia''' is the displacement of the [eye](/source/human_eye)'s [pupil](/source/pupil) from its normal, central position.<ref name="Cassin">{{cite book |last1=Cassin |first1=Barbara |last2=Solomon |first2=S. |title=Dictionary of Eye Terminology |location=Gainesville, Florida |publisher=Triad Publishing Company |year=1990|edition=2nd|isbn=0937404330}}{{pn|date=November 2016}}</ref> It may be associated with high [myopia](/source/myopia) or [ectopia lentis](/source/ectopia_lentis), among other conditions.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Milea |first1=Dan |last2=Burillon |first2=Carole |title=Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy in myopic eyes with corectopia |journal=Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=709–11 |year=1999 |pmid=10330650 |doi=10.1016/S0886-3350(99)00018-8 }}</ref> Medical or surgical intervention may be indicated for the treatment of corectopia in some cases.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Atkinson |first1=C Scott |last2=Brodsky |first2=Michael C |last3=Hiles |first3=David A |last4=Simon |first4=John W |title=Idiopathic tractional corectopia |journal=Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus |volume=31 |issue=6 |pages=387–90 |year=1994 |pmid=7714703 |doi=10.3928/0191-3913-19941101-09 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [Eye injury](/source/Eye_injury)
* [Iridodialysis](/source/Iridodialysis)
* [Monocular diplopia](/source/diplopia)
* [Polycoria](/source/Polycoria)
* [Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome](/source/Axenfeld-Rieger_syndrome)

==References==
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Category:Eye diseases

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