Uni- or bilateral dilatation of pupils that are not reactive to light and lack miosis in response to 1% pilocarpine may be caused by contact with plants containing alkaloids such as scopolamine and atropine. Other causes of a non-light-reactive dilated pupil, such as Adie's tonic pupil, third nerve
A 83 year-old-man presented with a stuporous state. He ingested datura seeds approximately 1.5 hour before the onset of the symptom. On arrival at our emergency clinic 2 hours and 40 minutes after the ingestion, he was semi-comatose with intermittent tonic convulsive seizures. The pupils were
A 5-year-old previously healthy boy presented with typical findings of Guillain-Barré syndrome and unilateral tonic pupil. He was placed on mechanical ventilation for 35 days for respiratory failure. Plasmapheresis and two courses of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy were given to the patient, and
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