POLYCORIA- pathological conditions of eye characterized by more than one pupil in the iris.
COMPLICATIONS- blurred vision, poor vision n difficulties in vision in glare of light. A bridge of tissue between the iris nd pupils.
The complications in polycoria occurs due to less effective iris n pupil.
TRUE POLYCORIA- having two or more separate pupil in one eye. Each pupil will have its own spincter muscle. Each pupil will contract n dilate individually. This affects the vision nd is very rare.
PSEUDO POLYCORIA- appearance of two or more pupil in eye however do not have their individual spincter muscle. The holes in iris looks like extra pupil which is just a defect nd do not cause pblms in vision.
CAUSES- the underlying cause of polycoria is not known.
However some conditions associated with it are:
Detach retina
Polar cataract
Glaucoma
Abnormal development in pupil margins
Abnormal eye development.