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ANISOCORIA (unequal pupil size) |
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essential (congenital) anisocoria Horner's syndrome [+ ptosis + enophthalmos + anhidrosis on same side] Holmes-Aide syndrome [myotonic pupil; dilated pupil reacting sluggishly to light ± accommodation; + loss of deep tendon reflexes]Argyll-Robertson pupil [usually bilateral and due to tertiary syphilis; small, irregular pupil reacting to accommodation but not to light]complete 3rd nerve palsy [eye in 'down and out' position due to ophthalmoplegia; also severe ptosis] midbrain lesions [depressed pupillary reflexes; other neurological signs] |
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infections: |
meningitis encephalitis tuberculosis diphtheria botulism |
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local causes: |
miotic or mydriatic eye drops administered unilaterally acute glaucoma [fixed, dilated pupil; cloudy cornea + painful eye]traumatic mydriasis unilateral iritis or keratitis [miosis ± synechiae], including herpes zosteranterior or posterior synechiae prosthetic eyeball |
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