Unilateral oval pupil with good outcome: Report of two cases

Joseph S. Jeret; Alan A. Mazurek

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Unilateral oval pupil with good outcome: Report of two cases

Joseph S. Jeret, Alan A. Mazurek

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Abstract

Unilateral oval pupil has numerous causes, and several pathophysiologic mechanisms have been proposed. Prognosis is nearly universally poor. We present two patients, an 86-year-old woman and a 61-year-old woman, who developed coma and unilateral oval pupil due to ischemia and hypoglycemia, respectively. In the second case, a discrete area of ipsilateral brainstem ischemia was demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging. Both patients recovered. The prognosis for comatose patients with unilateral oval pupil is not universally poor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	172-174
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1052-3057(10)80170-3
State	Published - 1995
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Coma
Hypoglycemia
Ischemia
Midbrain
Oval pupil

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