A pupila na fase crônica da doença de Chagas e reaçäo à pilocarpina e à fenilefrina / The pupil in patients with chronic Chagas' disease and reaction to pilocarpine and phenylephrine
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
; 29(6): 567-70, nov.-dez. 1996. tab
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ABSTRACT
To develop a method to analyse pupillary disturbances in patients with chronic Chagas disease in an endemic area, ten chagasic and ten normal subjects were matched according to sex, age and race. Pupillary diameter and area were determined using projection and topography techniques and compared between groups. Both pupils were visualised simultaneously. In each case three photographs were taken under standardised illumination. The first photo was obtained without medication, the second, 30 minutes after instillation of 0,1 per cent pilocarpine and the last 30 minutes after instillation of 3 per cent phenylephrine (60 minutes after pilocarpine). Pupils of chagasic patients had a statistically significant greater initial diameter and area, irregularity of the pupil border, greater percentual reduction in diameter and area after pilocarpine 0.1 per cent and greater percentual increase in diameter and area after 3 per cent phenylephrine eyedrops. The method developed for this study was considered satisfactory. The results suggest ocular autonomic nervous system disturbances in chagasic patients.
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Index:
LILACS
Main subject:
Phenylephrine
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Pilocarpine
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Eye Infections, Parasitic
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Pupil
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Chagas Disease
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Miotics
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Pt
Journal:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Journal subject:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
Year:
1996
Type:
Article