The detection of a relative afferent pupillary defect.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a simple technique that detects a subtle relative afferent pupillary defect.


METHODS
Observational report.


METHODS
With the patient seated at a slit lamp and the slit illumination turned off, a transilluminator light is swung back and forth between the eyes. The examiner observes the direct pupil light response and the consensual light response under slit-lamp magnification.


CONCLUSIONS
Using slit-lamp magnification, the examiner may observe small amplitudes of pupillary movement in the evaluation of a relative afferent pupillary defect.
Glazer-Hockstein
Carolyn
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Scheie Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
Brucker
Alexander J
AJ
D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D011680:Pupil / Q000528:radiation effects; D011681:Pupil Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012025:Reflex, Pupillary / Q000502:physiology