Adie syndrome
Description
Holmes-Adie syndrome (aka Adie syndrome) affects the autonomic nervous system. Patients present with the pupil of one eye being larger and only slowly constricts in bright light (tonic pupil). There is also absence of deep tendon reflexes, usually the Achilles tendon.
History
1812 – James Ware described some features in his dissertation on Observations relative to the near and distant sight of different persons read November 1812, published 1813
1881 – John Hughlings Jackson described the syndrome in full [1881: 1: 139-154.]
1902 – Julius Strasberger, Alfred Saenger and Max Nonne further described and defined the pupillary findings.
1906 – C. Markus, Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom 1906, 26, 50.
1914 – H. Oloff determined that the condition was not syphilitic in origin
1926 – Weill and Reys summarised the condition completely
1931 – William John Adie recognised the work of his colleagues including Foster Moore (described 15 such cases 1924-1931) who later expressed his ‘dissatisfaction’ at not having been ascribed the eponym…
1931 – Gordon Morgan Holmes described 19 patients with the condition
1934 – Jean-Alexandre Barré first used the term ‘syndrome d’Adie‘
Associated Persons
- James Ware (1756-1815)
- John Hughlings Jackson (1835 – 1911)
- William John Adie (1886 – 1935)
- Gordon Morgan Holmes (1876 – 1965)
- Jean-Alexandre Barré (1880 – 1967)
Alternative names
- Adie pupil
- Adie-Holmes syndrome
- Holmes-Adie syndrome
- Weill-Reys syndrome
References
Original articles
- Ware J. Observations relative to the near and distant sight of different persons. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1813: 103: 31–50.
- Hughlings Jackson J. VIII: Paralytics affections. In: Transactions of the Ophthalmological Societies of the United Kingdom, 1881, 1: 139-154.
- Saenger A. Über myotonische Pupillenbewegung. Neurologisches Zentralblatt, 1902; 21: 837-839
- Nonne M. Über die sogenannte “myotonische” Convergenzträgheit lichstarrer Pupillen. Neurologisches Zentralblatt, 1902; 21: 1000-1004
- Saenger A. Über die beziechung “myotonische Pupillenbewegung”. Neurologisches Zentralblatt, 1902; 21: 1137-1138
Review articles
- Ware J. Observations relative to the near and distant sight of different persons. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1813: 103: 31–50.
- Hughlings Jackson J. VIII: Paralytics affections. In: Transactions of the Ophthalmological Societies of the United Kingdom, 1881, 1: 139-154.
- Saenger A. Über myotonische Pupillenbewegung. Neurologisches Zentralblatt, 1902; 21: 837-839
- Nonne M. Über die sogenannte “myotonische” Convergenzträgheit lichstarrer Pupillen. Neurologisches Zentralblatt, 1902; 21: 1000-1004
- Saenger A. Über die beziechung “myotonische Pupillenbewegung”. Neurologisches Zentralblatt, 1902; 21: 1137-1138
- Oloff H. Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde. 1914, 53: 493-502.
- Weill G, Reys L. Sur la pupillotonie. Contribution a l’étude de sa pathogénie. A propos d’un cas de réaction tonique d’une pupille a la convergence et parésie de l’accommodation avec aréflexie a la lumière chez un sujet atteint de crises tétaniformes et d’aréflexie des membres inférieurs. Rev d’oto-neuro-ophtalmologie, Paris, 1926; 4: 433-441.
- Holmes G. Partial iridoplegia associated with symptoms of other diseases in the nervous system. Trans. Ophthalmol. Soc. UK 1931; 51: 209-28
- Adie WJ. Pseudo-Argyll Robertson pupils with absent tendon reflexes. A benign disorder simulating tabes dorsalis. Br Med J. 1931; 1(3673): 928-30.
- Adie WJ. Argyll Robertson pupils true and false Br Med J. 1931; 2(3681): 136-8.
- Adie WJ. Tonic pupils and absent tendon reflexes: a benign disorder sui generis; its complete and incomplete forms. Brain 1932; 55: 98–113
- Lowenstein O, Loewenfeld IE. Pupillotonic Pseudotabes (Syndrome of Markus-Weill and Reys-Holmes-Adie): A Critical Review of the Literature. Surv Ophthalmol. 1965; 10: 129-85.
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