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Descriptor English: Anisocoria
Descriptor Spanish: Anisocoria
Descriptor anisocoria
Entry term(s) anisocoria fisiológica
Scope note: Tamaño desigual de la pupila, que puede representar una variante fisiológica benigna o una manifestación de enfermedad. La anisocoria patológica refleja una anomalía en la musculatura del iris (ENFERMEDADES DEL IRIS) o en las vías parasimpáticas o simpáticas que inervan la pupila. La anisocoria fisiológica hace referencia a una asimetría del diámetro pupilar, por lo general de menos de 2 mm, que no se asocia con enfermedad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Anisocoria
Descriptor French: Anisocorie
Entry term(s): Anisocoria, Physiologic
Inequality, Pupillary Size
Physiologic Anisocoria
Pupil Diameter Unequal
Pupillary Size Inequality
Tree number(s): C10.597.690.150
C11.710.090
C23.888.592.708.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015875
Scope note: Unequal pupil size, which may represent a benign physiologic variant or a manifestation of disease. Pathologic anisocoria reflects an abnormality in the musculature of the iris (IRIS DISEASES) or in the parasympathetic or sympathetic pathways that innervate the pupil. Physiologic anisocoria refers to an asymmetry of pupil diameter, usually less than 2mm, that is not associated with disease.
Annotation: consider also PUPIL DISORDERS or MIOSIS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Iris Diseases (1983-1989)
Pupil (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
DeCS ID: 24521
Unique ID: D015875
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/09/06
Revision Date: 2004/07/19
Anisocoria - Preferred
Concept UI M0024304
Scope note Unequal pupil size, which may represent a benign physiologic variant or a manifestation of disease. Pathologic anisocoria reflects an abnormality in the musculature of the iris (IRIS DISEASES) or in the parasympathetic or sympathetic pathways that innervate the pupil. Physiologic anisocoria refers to an asymmetry of pupil diameter, usually less than 2mm, that is not associated with disease.
Preferred term Anisocoria
Entry term(s) Inequality, Pupillary Size
Pupil Diameter Unequal
Pupillary Size Inequality
Anisocoria, Physiologic - Narrower
Concept UI M0337424
Preferred term Anisocoria, Physiologic
Entry term(s) Physiologic Anisocoria



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