KMID : 1130620100060010038
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Journal of Clinical Neurology 2010 Volume.6 No. 1 p.38 ~ p.40
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Early Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome Mimicking an Adie¡¯s Tonic Pupil
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Han Sang-Won
Ryu Jung-Ho Baik Jong-Sam Kim Jeong-Yeon Hwang Yong-Soon Park Jae-Hyun
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Abstract
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Background: While tonic pupils have been attributed to various diseases, including syphilis, herpes zoster, orbital trauma, temporal arteritis, endometriosis, and paraneoplastic syndromes, obstructive hydrocephalus has not been implicated.
Case Report: A 36-year-old woman visited a neurology department with a 7-day history of throbbing headache and blurred vision in both eyes. She had early dorsal midbrain syndrome mimicking an Adie¡¯s tonic pupil, and cholinergic supersensitivity was demonstrated using topical 0.125% pilocarpine. Brain MRI revealed obstructive hydrocephalus at the level of the aqueduct of Sylvius, and her symptoms resolved 4 days after surgery.
Conclusions: We report a patient with early dorsal midbrain syndrome that was initially believed to represent a tonic pupil on the basis of pharmacologic testing. The findings in our patient suggested that early dorsal midbrain syndrome mimicking an Adie¡¯s tonic pupil can be caused by obstructive hydrocephalus compressing the Edinger-Westphal nucleus.
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KEYWORD
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dorsal midbrain syndrome, cholinergic supersensitivity, Adie¡¯s tonic pupil
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