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Unequal pupil size, which may represent a benign physiologic variant or a manifestation of disease. Pathologic anisocoria reflects an abnormality in the musculature of the iris (IRIS DISEASES) or in the parasympathetic or sympathetic pathways that innervate the pupil. Physiologic anisocoria refers to an asymmetry of pupil diameter, usually less than 2mm, that is not associated with disease.
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- Pupil Diameter Unequal
- Pupillary Size Inequality
- Inequality, Pupillary Size
- Anisocoria, Physiologic
- Physiologic Anisocoria
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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consider also PUPIL DISORDERS or MIOSIS
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- Iris Diseases (1983-1989)
- Pupil (1966-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Anisocoria. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015875. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015875
- Anisocoria. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisocoria
- Anisocoria. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q521953