Name 7 causes of miosis (pin point pupils).

  • sedative-hypnotics ie. opiates, barbituates, PCP
  • alpha-2 agonists ie. clonidine
  • pontine lesions caused by bilateral disruption of the descending sympathetic pathways
  • other sympathetic lesions ie causes of Horners syndrome
  • Argyll Robertson pupil associated with neurosyphilis where pupils are small and irregular and constrict much less to light than to accommodation (light-near dissociation)


Source

Blumenfeld, Hal MD Ph D. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases. 2002.

Ford: Clinical Toxicology, 1st ed.
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