Enhanced Mydriasis in Response to Hydroxyamphetamine

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Identifier Figure-23
Title Enhanced Mydriasis in Response to Hydroxyamphetamine
Creator Daniel M. Jacobson, MD (1956-2003)
Affiliation (DMJ) Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Marshfield Clinic, University Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Subject Diagnostic Use, p-Hydroxyamphetamine; Pharmacology, p-Hydroxyamphetamine; Drug Effects, Pupil; Pharmacology, Amphetamines; Horner Syndrome; Testing, Pupillary Drop; Effects of Drugs on the Pupils
Description Enhanced mydriasis in response to hydroxyamphetamine in a 77-year-old woman with a long-standing, preganglionic, right-sided Horner's syndrome that occurred following cervical neck dissection for thoracic outlet syndrome 30 years earlier. Miosis of the right pupil is apparent in room light (top). Thirty minutes after topical hydroxyamphetamine 1% is applied to both eyes, note that the right pupil actually dilates more than the left pupil (bottom).
Date 2002
References Cremer SA, Thompson HS, Digre KB, et al: Hydroxyamphetamine mydriasis in normal subjects. Am J Ophthalmol 1990;110:66-70: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=2368823; Wilhelm H, Ochsner H, Kopycziok E, et al: Horner's syndrome: A retrospective analysis of 90 cases and recommendations for clinical handling. Germ J Ophthalmol 1992;1:96-102: Wilhelm H, Ochsner H, Kopycziok E, et al: Horner's syndrome: A retrospective analysis of 90 cases and recommendations for clinical handling. Germ J Ophthalmol 1992;1:96-102
Language eng
Format image/jpeg
Type Image
Relation is Part of The Pupil: Neurology of the Iris
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - The Moran Eye Center Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Moran/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 1986. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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