A 55-year-old woman complains of painful double vision. - TopicsExpress



          

A 55-year-old woman complains of painful double vision. Examination shows her right pupil is 7 mm with sluggish reaction, her left pupil is 4 mm and briskly constricts. There is 3 mm ptosis of the right lid. She cannot adduct her right eye when asked to do so. You should now: a. Tell the patient she has Horner syndrome and needs evaluation of her carotid artery. b. Arrange emergent evaluation for possible aneursymal compression, as she has a pupil-involved third nerve palsy. c. Place pilocarpine drops in her right eye, as this is probably a pharmacologically dilated pupil. d. Administer a serotonergic (5HT) triptan, as this is almost certainly a migraine variant. e. Place a dilating drop in her eyes and perform direct ophthalmoscopy to confirm your suspicion of retinal tear involving the fovea
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 03:26:40 +0000

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