Letter

Funduscopy: to dilate or not?: Precipitation of angle closure may not be a disservice

BMJ 2006; 332 doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7534.179 (Published 19 January 2006)
Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:179.1

Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment. Please log in or subscribe below.

  1. Kanchan J Bhan, specialist registrar, ophthalmology (starfish1944@yahoo.com),
  2. Andrew Bastawrous, senior house officer, ophthalmology,
  3. Keith G Davey, consultant ophthalmologist
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield HD3 3EA
  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield HD3 3EA

    Editor—Liew et al encourage clinicians to dilate pupils for thorough funduscopy.1 The rare occurrence of precipitated angle closure with tropicamide 0.5% may not necessarily be a disservice to the patient, for two reasons.

    Firstly, anyone whose angle may be provoked into closure by a mild mydriatic …

    Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment

    Subscribe

    Article access

    Article access for 1 day

    Purchase this article for £20 $30 €32*

    The PDF version can be downloaded as your personal record

    * Prices do not include VAT

    Rapid responses

    THIS WEEK'S POLL

    BMJ most popular