[Disorders of pupillary motoricity]

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 1993 May;202(5):404-7. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1045614.
[Article in German]

Abstract

1. Disorders of the parasympathetic outflow (iris sphincter muscle disorders): lesions of the oculomotor nerve, tonic pupil, Adie's pupil syndrome. 2. Disorders of the sympathetic outflow (iris dilator muscle) Horner's syndrome (neuron I, II, III). 3. The afferent pupillary defect (lesions of the optic nerve, the chiasm and the optic tract): amaurotic pupil rigidity, amblyopic pupil disturbance, bitemporal pupil rigidity, homonymous hemianopic pupil rigidity, Argyll-Robertson pupil.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Afferent Pathways / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Optic Nerve / physiopathology
  • Parasympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Pupil Disorders / diagnosis
  • Pupil Disorders / etiology
  • Pupil Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Reflex, Pupillary / physiology
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology