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Pupillary Areactivity in Hydrocephalus of Recent Onset

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Dan Boghen  and
Maryam Aroichane
Dan Boghen*
Affiliation:
neuro-ophthalmology section of the neurology unit of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal
Maryam Aroichane
Affiliation:
neuro-ophthalmology section of the neurology unit of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal
*
Neurology Unit, Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal Hospital, 3840 St-Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1T8
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A patient who presented with bilateral loss of all pupillary reactions and normal ocular motor function is reported. Investigation revealed the presence of massive hydrocephalus. The syndrome developed shortly after transsphenoidal surgery for a suprasellar craniopharyngioma. Pupillary function returned to normal following the insertion of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. It is suggested that the syndrome was due to compression of the visceral oculomotor nuclei by a dilated sylvian aqueduct.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , November 1991 , pp. 510 - 511
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1991

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