Original MICA image-reading exercise, unscored. No clinical narrative absent from the source is added.
- Describe visible findings before proposing an interpretation.
- Suggest an interpretation and at least one image limitation.
- Which clinical findings or investigations would complement this observation?
Reveal the explained reading
Anisocoria: observing the pupils
- Document
- Authentic clinical figure
- Focus
- Anisocoria: observing the pupils
- Limitation
- Photographs do not test pupillary light reflexes.
Morphological description
Compare pupils in the central primary-gaze view.
Context and interpretation
The source context is trauma, not proven physiological anisocoria.
Differential diagnoses
Consider physiological, pharmacological and neurological causes.
Pitfalls and limitations
Photographs do not test pupillary light reflexes.
Take-home message
Integrate pupils, chronology and context.
Sources
- Anisocoria without extraocular muscle impairment due to moderate traumatic brain injury with midbrain contusion: a case report ↗
- MSD Manual Professional · Anisocoria ↗
Documentary review: 2026-10-14
Media source & rights
- Author
- Koshi Ota; Hitoshi Kobata; Yoshisuke Hamada; Saki Mizutani; Terunari Okuyama; Kanna Ota; Yuriko Takeda; Akira Takasu
- Original source
- Koshi Ota; Hitoshi Kobata; Yoshisuke Hamada; Saki Mizutani; Terunari Okuyama; Kanna Ota; Yuriko Takeda; Akira Takasu · Anisocoria without extraocular muscle impairment due to moderate traumatic brain injury with midbrain contusion: a case report · CC BY 4.0
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Changes
- Complete original figure retained; WebP conversion and proportional resizing only. No clinical signs added or altered.
- Dimensions
- 1124 × 703 px
- Check
- 2026-10-14