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                                                         Anisocoria

                                                                                                                                                                                   Mydriasis

                                    Unilateral
                                    mydriasis
                                   (reduced/no                                    Unilateral
                                  direct pupillary                                 miosis
                                   light reflex)
                                                                                                                                                          No menace reaction*                         Normal menace
                                                                                                                                                                                                         reaction
                                                                                                                                                               (blind)
                  Lesion of the                   Peripheral                                                                                                                                           (normal vision)
                                                                  Horner's
                 parasympathetic   Iris atrophy   blindness       syndrome      Painful ocular    Drugs
                                                                                  disease
                 nervous system                   unilateral
                                                – Hyper-        – Otitis media  – Uveitis      – Opioids
         Therapy with     Lesion of the           tensive       – Lesion of the   – Corneal                                                                  â Peripheral           Lesion of the       – Atropine
           atropine     oculomotor nerve                                                       – Other                                                                                                  – Other mydriatic drugs
                                                  retinopathy     roots of        ulcer         para-                                                         blindness           oculomotor nerve/     – Excitement
                                                – Glaucoma        T1–T3                         sympatho-                                                      p. 101                 midbrain          – Iris atrophy/degeneration (old dogs)
                                                                                                mimetic
                                                – Retinal         (avulsion)                    drugs                                                                                                   – Glaucoma
                        – Herniation              detachment    – Lesion of the
                        – Neoplasia             – Optic           vago-
                        – Inflammation            neuritis        sympathetic
                        – Trauma                – Neoplasia       trunk
                                                – Other eye     – Thoracic                                                                                            Peripheral                   Central
                                                  diseases        lesion
                                                                – Cervical
                                                                  spinal cord
                                                                  lesion
                                                                – CNS lesion
                                                                  (brainstem)                                                                                     – FeLV                 – Neoplasia
                                                                – Idiopathic                                                                                      – Dysautonomia         – Meningoencephalitis
                                                                  Horner's                                                                                        – Botulism (rare)      – Infarction/haemorrhage
                                                                  syndrome                                                                                        – Neuropathy of CN III
                                                                  (common)                                                                                                               – Increased intracranial
                                                                                                                                                                  – Orbital lesions        pressure
















                                                                                                                                      *
                                                                                                                                       Menace reaction is physiologically absent in dogs ≤ 12 weeks of age






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