Dilation of pupils to greater than 6 mm combined with failure of the pupils to constrict when stimulated with light. This condition may occur due to injury of the pupillary fibers in the oculomotor nerve, in acute angle-closure glaucoma, and in ADIE SYNDROME.
    

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'Myotonic pupil' and Markus's and Adie's syndrome

On the mydriasis produced by the local application of cocaine to the eye / by Walter H. Jessop.

Cases of syphilitic affection of the third nerve, producing mydriasis, with and without ptosis / by Victor de Méric.

On dilatation of the pupil from stimulation of the cortex cerebri / by J. Herbert Parsons.

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Mydriasis

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'Myotonic pupil' and Markus's and Adie's syndrome

On the mydriasis produced by the local application of cocaine to the eye / by Walter H. Jessop.

Cases of syphilitic affection of the third nerve, producing mydriasis, with and without ptosis / by Victor de Méric.

On dilatation of the pupil from stimulation of the cortex cerebri / by J. Herbert Parsons.