THE TONIC PUPIL

The Tonic Pupil Syndrome.

Adie’s Tonic Pupil

Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted July 5, 2012; Accepted July 30, 2012 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.7.12923 [West J Emerg Med. 2012;13(6):543] Hemal K Kanzaria, MD* Neda Farzan, MD† Zlatan Coralic, PharmD† University of California Los Angeles, Department of Emergency Me...

Ross' syndrome (tonic pupil plus).

Two cases of tonic pupil, hyporeflexia, and segmental hypohidrosis (Ross' syndrome) are reported. The relationship of this syndrome to other autonomic dysfunction is discussed. Those symptoms (emotional instability, loss of sweating, orthostatic hypotensive symptoms, and signs of bilaterality of the tonic pupil) which should alert the clinician to more extensive disease states are noted. It is ...

adie’s tonic pupil following chicken pox

purpose: to report a case of adie’s tonic pupil following chicken pox. case report: a 7-year-old girl with history of chicken pox manifesting one week ago presented with loss of near and far vision in her right eye. the right pupil was larger than the left in room light and abnormal iris configuration was seen with pen light illumination. after instillation of diluted pilocarpine (0.1%) in both...

Tonic pupil with giant cell arteritis.

A patient with giant cell arteritis and ischaemic optic neuropathy developed bilateral tonic pupils. This pupillary abnormality may result from ischaemia of the ciliary ganglia. Despite the propensity for patients with giant cell arteritis to develop vascular occlusions in the eye and orbit, tonic pupils have rarely been described, and several reasons for this are proposed. The arteries supplyi...