mash
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normal consensual light reflex
and dilated affected pupil
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| Bela
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Mash, the correct answer was paradoxal dilation of both eyes!
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| hiwa
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Why? I couldnt work it out, because I have similar q which says lesion to fovea doesnt affect pupillary reflex, what is the difference?
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| Bela
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If you have detachment of retina, that means that you can't absorb light very well. So, when you shine light into the eye, you got a problem. Therefore the eyes paradoxically dialate to absorb as much light as possible. I think the sympathetic system is involved in this.
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