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16883363

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
CASE REPORT: Few previous reports have documented a relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD) in the eye contralateral to a dense unilateral cataract. We report pupillographic findings of a 55-year-old man with a mature cataract in the left eye and an RAPD in the right eye, whose RAPD disappeared after cataract surgery in his left eye. Using binocular infrared video pupillography, we recorded the pupillary responses of the two eyes simultaneously during an automated swinging flashlight test before and after the cataract surgery. The average contraction amplitude in both eyes was significantly larger when the unaffected left eye was stimulated before the cataract surgery, but this difference in contraction amplitude disappeared after surgery on the left eye. COMMENTS: An RAPD was shown quantitatively with a pupillographic technique in the eye contralateral to a mature cataract, confirming previous studies that indicate a dense cataract may produce a small but definite RAPD in the contralateral eye. Such an RAPD associated with a dense cataract must be taken into consideration when evaluating patients with unilateral visual loss.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0008-4182
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
469-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Pupillography of relative afferent pupillary defect contralateral to monocular mature cataract.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Opthalmology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan. amiki@tc5.so-net.ne.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports