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Argyl-Robertson pupil
Prostitute's pupil. So named because it accommodates, but does not react. The syphilitic pupil (Argyl-Robertson) pupil constricts during accommodation, but does not react to light. The lesion lies in the pretectal region of the superior colliculus.
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pupil (P)
syphilis
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sign/symptom
References
Clinical Anatomy Made Ridiculously Simple. Stephen
Goldberg, MedMaster Inc, Miami, 1995