Thursday 4 November 2010

MRCP revision battle 42.6: Miosis

Miosis is a small pupil.

Causes of miosis include:

(my personal mnemonic for miosis: AAA pooch)
  • age
  • Argyll Robertson pupil
  • antipsychotics
  • pontine haemorrhage
  • pilocarpine
  • opiods
  • organophosphates
  • cluster headache
  • Horners

On to Pick's disease....