Hemiatrophia faciei progressiva und Pupillotonie

Abstract

We assume that in our case the pupillotonia as well as the hemiatrophia faciei and the epilepsy is caused by a common autoimmune factor. All other aetiologies for these three diseases were excluded. Furthermore, the occurrence of pupillotonia, hemiatrophia faciei and epilepsy was simultaneous.

Adie’s Tonic Pupil in Systemic Sclerosis: A Rare Association

“…Aynaci et al [ 16 ] described a child with hemifacial atrophy features without any neurological deficiency, with Adie's syndrome on the affected side of the face—with mydriasis, no reaction to light, and with a slow reaction to convergence and accommodation (tonic pupil). Schnitzler et al [ 17 ] have reported a 25-year-old patient who at the age of 14 had a tonic pupil on the right side and epilepsy attacks. Both these patients had Adie's syndrome in which Adie's tonic pupil is a part of the immunological etiology.…”