anisocoria
Sign in to saveAnisocoria is a condition characterized by an unequal size of the eyes' pupils. Affecting up to 20% of the population, anisocoria is often entirely harmless, but can be a sign of more serious medical problems.
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- A large difference in the size of the pupils following application of tropicamide in the right eye only.
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Research
1,244 papers- Anisocoria.International ophthalmology clinics · 2019
- Anisocoria.2026
- [Anisocoria].Oftalmologia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990) · 2009
- An approach to anisocoria.Current opinion in ophthalmology · 2016
- [Unusual anisocoria].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2021
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Anisocoria is a condition characterized by an unequal size of the eyes' pupils. Affecting up to 20% of the population, anisocoria is often entirely harmless, but can be a sign of more serious medical problems.
==Causes== Anisocoria is a common condition, defined by a diameter difference of 0.4 mm or more between the sizes of the pupils of the eyes.
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