Diagnosaurus
Constricted pupil
DDx
- Opioids (pinpoint)
- Other causes of sympatholytic poisoning, e.g., benzodiazepines, clonidine
- Horner's syndrome
- Myotic drugs, e.g., pilocarpine
- Neurosyphilis (Argyll Robertson pupils)
- Pontine infarct
- Uveitis
- Inflammatory adhesions between iris and lens (posterior synechiae)
- Cholinergic poisoning, e.g., organophosphates
- Physiologic anisocoria (unequal pupils, react normally)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Constricted Pupil." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114389/all/Constricted_pupil.
Zeiger RFR. Constricted pupil. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114389/all/Constricted_pupil. Accessed December 2, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Constricted pupil. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114389/all/Constricted_pupil
Zeiger RFR. Constricted Pupil [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2023 December 02]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114389/all/Constricted_pupil.
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