conclusions evaluating the size of the patient’s pupils before, during and after the operation, careful history, consult, ct scan and mri would help to diagnosis. although no probable cause was found to explain the transient mydriasis in our patient. introduction unilateral mydriasis is a seriously significant finding in neurologic examinations indicating life-threatening conditions such as cer...

A 54-year-old, post-menopausal woman has had migraine headaches since the age of 40, occurring about once per month, responding well to sumatriptan. She experiences a stabbing pain in the left eye and left side of head, associated with nausea and vomiting. The pain has only affected her left side but a brain MRI was normal. She has an aura of blurred vision in the left eye alone, seeing images ...

We report a case of unilateral transient mydriasis and ptosis after botulinum toxin injection applied by a medical doctor for a cosmetic procedure. A 36-year-old nurse was referred to our eye clinic with unilateral mydriasis and ptosis in the right eye 3 days after botulinum toxin injection for a cosmetic procedure. Botulinum toxin was applied to her eye by a doctor at her hospital who was not ...

Unilateral fixed mydriasis can be an ominous sign; however in many cases, it is benign and represents pharmacologic mediated action on the iris dilator or sphincter. Differentiation between pharmacologic mediated anisocoria and physiologic anisocoria can be challenging but may save on costly imaging. An 83 year-old woman was admitted with critical limb ischemia and subsequently developed respir...