Aetiology
The lesion which causes the Argyll Robertson pupil is usually sited in the periaqueductal gray matter of the midbrain.
The most common cause is neurosyphilis.
Other causes include:
- diabetes mellitus
- chronic alcoholism
- encephalitis
- multiple sclerosis
- peroneal muscular atrophy
- midbrain tumours
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