Anisocoria after anaesthesia.
Unequal pupil size following anaesthesia is an unsettling finding, suggestive of acute, perioperative intracranial pathology. We report here an unusual cause of anisocoria after anaesthesia: unintended entrance of phenylephrine nasal vasoconstrictor solution into the eye.
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000009:adverse effects; D011680:Pupil / Q000187:drug effects*
D010656:Phenylephrine