Comments on: Mnemonic Monday: Argyll-Robinson Pupil

By: siddhartha Barnawal

siddhartha Barnawal — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:29:21 +0000

Why it is also called prostitute’s pupil?

By: raj doshi

raj doshi — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:30:13 +0000

that is my mnemonic emailed to first aid team!

By: docninoy

docninoy — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:26:30 +0000

I agree. Argyll-Robertson, it is! Not sure if Robinson’s in Harrison’s.

By: Alejandro Gener

Alejandro Gener — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:05:23 +0000

I think Robertson is most correct. I googled both and Robertson came out as more medically relevant than Robinson. Google consensus. I like the term that you laid out above in your blog post: light-near dissociation. Eponyms are for schmucks with photographic memories. (That said, I’m def. claiming the first medically relevant novelty I discover. Hypocratic Oath ).

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By: scott

scott — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:53:39 +0000

I find it much easier to remember that it is the “prostitute’s pupil.” Prostitutes are more likely to have tertiary syphilis, and, just like the prostitute, the pupil accommodates, but doesn’t react!

By: Haley Masterson

Haley Masterson — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:48:27 +0000

Thanks for the comment. Argyll-Robinson and Argyll-Robertson are both terms that are in useage, sometimes even within the same article. I can’t find any specific difference spelled out, though I’ve noticed that “Robertson” seems to be reserved exclusively for the syndrome when due to syphilis, whereas “Robinson” is used in a more generalized sense when the syndrome could be due to other disorders (see “Case Files: Internal Medicine” or “Handbook of Clinical Psychology” by Gurd, et. al.) Interesting!

By: Ethan Krantz

Ethan Krantz — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:22:58 +0000

I believe the correct term is Argyll-Robertson Pupil … not Robinson ……………