3 YO Boy With Meningoencephalitis and Pupil Issues

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3 YO Boy With Meningoencephalitis Presenting with Afferent Pupillary Defect (Right Side) and a Sluggish Reacting Pupil on the Left

Posted By Doctor Letter to the Editor On January 14, 2011 @ 5:03 am In Case Discussions,Pediatrics | Comments Disabled

What would you suspect in 3 year old boy with three days history of meningoencephalitis presenting with unilateral total afferent pupillary defect (right sided) and a sluggish reacting pupil on the left?

Patient is unconscious and not responding to any stimuli.

Other manoueuvres cannot be elicited.

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