misc (eyelid, trauma, pupil defects) Flashcards
what can squints lead to if uncorrected
ambylopia (brain favours other eye, one eye becomes lazy eye)
what is concomitant squint
imbalance of extracocular muscles // convergent > divergent
what is paralytic squint
paralysis of extraocular muscles
invx squint
corneal light reflex (asymmetrical) // cover test (focus on subject + cover eye)
mx squint
refer to ophthalmology (maybe eye patch)
what is a RAPD
swinging light test –> when shone in bad eye both eyes dilate // when shone in good eye it contracts but bad eye stays dilated
causes RAPD
retinal detachment // optic neuritis
symptoms + signs argyll roberston pupil
small, irregular pupils // does not react when light shone in (pupil reflex absent) but does react when light in other eye (accommodation)
causes argyll Robertson pupil
diabetes // syphilis
what is a holmes-adie pupil + symptoms
benign condition in women // unilateral dilated pupil // slowly reactive to accommodation, poorly reactive to light // once pupil constricted slow to dilate again
systemic symptoms holmes-adie pupil
absent ankle + knee refelx!!!
causes of mydriasis
(dilated pupil) // CNIII palsy // holmes adie // phaemochromocytoma // congenital
drug causes mydriasis
topical mydiatics eg topicamide, atropine // sympathetic drugs eg amphetamine, cocaine // anticholinergics eg TCA
symptoms horners
small pupil (miosis) // ptosis (droopy eye) // sunken eye // no sweating one side!!! (anhidrosis)
what does anyhidrosis on face, arms, trunk in horners indicate
central lesion = stroke, syringiomyelia, MS
what does anyhidrosis on face only in horners indicate
pre-ganglionic eg pancoast tumour, thyroidectomy, trauma, cervical rib
what does no anyhidrosis on in horners indicate
carotid dissection, carotid aneurysm, cavernous sinus, cluster headache
what is seen in congenital horners
heterochromia (different coloured pupils)
invx horners
apraclonidine drops (alpha agonist) cause dilation in affected pupil, but little affect in normal pupil