BrainWaves #74 Anisocoria

MedLink Neurology Podcast is delighted to feature selected episodes from BrainWaves, courtesy of James E Siegler MD, its originator and host. BrainWaves is an academic audio podcast whose mission is to educate medical providers through clinical cases and topical reviews in neurology, medicine, and the humanities, and episodes originally aired from 2016 to 2021.

Originally released: August 31, 2017

The asymmetric pupil can be subtle or disturbing, straightforward or perplexing, or even normal or abnormal. But by integrating your eye examination with the neurologic examination, you can figure it out--even if it is an eye examination on a dog.

Produced by James E Siegler. Music by Komiku, Lee Rosevere, and Milton Arias. Voiceover by Erika Mejia. BrainWaves' podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used for routine clinical decision-making, no matter how physiologic you think those pupils are.

REFERENCES

Liu GT, Volpe NJ, Galetta SL. Neuro-ophthalmology: Diagnosis and Management. 2nd ed. Elsevier, 2010:587-610.

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