Pupillography of relative afferent pupillary defects in amblyopia associated with peripapillary myelinated nerve fibers and myopia.

Abstract

Pupillary responses to light were recorded in three patients with unilateral extensive myelinated nerve fibers and amblyopia by means of binocular infrared video pupillography. All of the patients had an afferent pupillary defect in the eye with myelinated nerve fibers. This finding supports the notion that this type of amblyopia is a severe form of anisometropic amblyopia that is often resistant to treatment.

• Authors: Atsushi Miki, Atsuhiko Iijima, Mineo Takagi, Naoyuki Tanimoto, Tomoaki Usui, Shigeru Hasegawa, Haruki Abe, Takehiko Bando
• Journal: Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus (J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus) 2008 Sep-Oct Vol. 45 Issue 5 Pg. 309-12 ISSN: 0191-3913 [Print] United States
• PMID: 18825905 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Amblyopia (etiology, physiopathology)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Humans
• Myopia (complications)
• Nerve Fibers, Myelinated (pathology)
• Optic Nerve Diseases (complications)
• Pupil Disorders (etiology, physiopathology)
• Reflex, Pupillary (physiology)
• Video Recording