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Saturday, 1 October 2011

Holmes Adie syndrome



- Adie's pupil is due to postviral degeneration in ciliary ganglion 
   (where as in Argyll Robertson pupil is caused by damage to pathway from retina to Edinger Westphal   nucleus)
- tonically dilated pupil
-  does not constrict to light but constrict to accomodation
- pupil constricts with 0.125% pilocarpine (due to cholinergic denervation supersensitivity)
- Holmes Adie syndrome is combination of Adie's pupil and hyporeflexia
- also presents as diaphoresis, hyperopia (due to accomodative paresis)
- Ross's syndrome = Adie's syndrome + segmental anhidrosis (typically associated with compensatory hyperhidrosis)


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