Bilateral Severe Mydriasis Due To Escitalopram

Bilateral congenital mydriasis.

A 73-year-old white woman with bilateral congenital mydriasis had no other obvious abnormalities. The pupils reacted almost imperceptibly to light. There was no detectable reaction to accommodation and convergence. Pupillary response to pilocarpine 4% solution indicated the presence of the sphincter muscle. However, the failure of the pupil to react to a potent cholinesterase inhibitor (demecar...

Severe Bilateral Kinetic Tremor Due to Unilateral Midbrain Lesions

Background The dentatothalamic tract connects the dentate nucleus of the cerebellum with the contralateral thalamus and plays a major role in the pathogenesis of tremor. Unilateral lesions of the dentatothalamic pathway may affect its ipsilateral predecussational or its contralateral postdecussational course, which results either in ipsilateral or in contralateral tremor. Case Report Here, we...

Bilateral congenital mydriasis in a child case.

Congenital mydriasis is defined as congenital absence of iris sphincter muscle which occurs rarely and shows autosomal dominant inheritance (1-4). It was described by White and Fulton (2) in 1937 for the first time. Fixed and dilated pupil is present from the time of birth, observed more frequently in girls and typically bilateral (1-4). Iris sphincter traumas, pharmacological dilatation and ac...

Bilateral Macular Hemorrhage Due to Welding Arc: A Case Report

Background and Objective: Non-ionized radiation from arc welding may cause retinal lesions such as photo retinitis. In this report, a patient with bilateral macular bleeding which had been caused by inappropriate use of protective safety glasses is introduced. Case Report: On 26 July 2008 a 23-year-old male with blurred vision was referred to Shahid Beheshti's faculty of Rehabilitation Clinic....

A Case of Severe Hepatitis due to Varicella Zoster