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Reminder of important clinical lesson
Persistent unilateral mydriasis and headache
  1. Mohammad Alkhalil1,
  2. Simon Lewis2,
  3. Matthew Hawker3,
  4. David Dick3
  1. 1
    Macclesfield General Hospital, Flat 15, The Grange, Ivy Road, Macclesfield SK11 8NA, UK
  2. 2
    Department of Neurology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales 2050, Australia
  3. 3
    Department of Ophthalmology, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK
  1. M Alkhalil, mak83{at}mail2world.com

Summary

A 50-year-old white Caucasian woman with previously diagnosed migraine was admitted with unilateral headache and anisocoria. An initial assessment revealed no cause for this abnormality and she was thought to have mydriasis in the context of migraine. However, failure of her symptoms and signs to resolve prompted further investigation and demonstrated the diagnosis of intermittent angle-closure glaucoma.

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Footnotes

  • Competing interests: none.

  • Patient consent: Patient/guardian consent was obtained for publication.