Abstract
Unequal pupil size following anaesthesia is an unsettling finding, suggestive of acute, perioperative intracranial pathology. We report here an unusual cause of anisocoria after anaesthesia: unintended entrance of phenyle-phrine nasal vasoconstrictor solution into the eye.
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Des pupilles de diamètre inégal après l’ anesthésie restent un problème non résolu suggérant une pathologie algue intracrânienne péri-opératoire. On rapporte le cas d’ une cause inhabituelle d’nisocorie après anesthésie: l’entrée involontaire dans l’ œil d’ une solution de phénylephrine administrée pour vasoconstriction nasale.
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Stirt, J.A., Shuptrine, J.R., Sternick, C.S. et al. Anisocoria after anaesthesia. Can Anaesth Soc J 32, 422–424 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03011355
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