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Amaurotic mydriasis

F E Lepore1

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903.

Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
|September 1, 1993
PubMed
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Amaurotic mydriasis, characterized by larger pupils in visually impaired patients, can help identify pregeniculate visual loss. This finding is useful even without a relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD).

Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Amaurotic mydriasis, defined by enlarged pupils, is associated with visual impairment.
  • The relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD) is a standard clinical sign for detecting visual pathway damage.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if amaurotic mydriasis can reliably identify various types of visual loss.
  • To assess the utility of amaurotic mydriasis in diagnosing "balanced" bilateral optic neuropathies lacking RAPD.

Main Methods:

  • Pupil size was measured in patients with binocular and monocular pregeniculate visual loss, including those without RAPD.
  • Pupil sizes were compared to age-matched healthy controls.
  • Correlation between visual acuity and amaurotic mydriasis was analyzed.

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Main Results:

  • Patients with binocular or monocular pregeniculate visual loss exhibited significantly larger pupils than controls.
  • Patients with binocular pregeniculate visual loss and better visual acuity had smaller pupils than those with worse acuity.
  • No correlation between visual acuity and amaurotic mydriasis was observed in monocular pregeniculate visual loss.

Conclusions:

  • Amaurotic mydriasis is a valuable clinical sign for detecting pregeniculate visual disease.
  • It can identify pregeniculate disease even when RAPD is absent.
  • Amaurotic mydriasis may help differentiate pregeniculate from postgeniculate visual loss.