Pupil Size Unequal - Brain Tumor Risk?

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LaurentHCH

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after all i now have an unilateral anisokoria, means my pupils have not the same size. this points in quite many cases to a brain tumor. hope i am not among them;-(
 
Try not to worry and jump to conclusions. It could be a million things and 999,999.99999... of them will be 'nothing' to worry about..... Positive thoughts take careRodger
 
Laurent -I have had a headache disorder for almost three years now (got a headache one day out of the blue and it has stayed around regularly since.) I too have one pupil that is typically larger than the other. B/c of the headache and the pupil issue I had multiple MRI's etc to check the brain. Everything came back normal. I hope that provides you some comfort about the possibility of having a tumor - my understanding from back then was that when there's a brain tumor there are usually many other symptoms that go along with something like uneven pupils - things that would be much more evident. Most likely the uneven pupils have no significant cause behind them and it's just another benign issue.Take Care!Wendy
 
thanks for your kind words!!!have just been to the clinic....they don't know what it is....they want to see me again after my holidays....@wendy: did they ever find the reason? was your pupil a lot bigger than the other? did you have a reaction on light?
 
They never found a reason for the pupil size difference - they said it may have always been there and we just never noticed it before the headaches started (which seems reasonable b/c really I never spent a whole lot of time looking into my own eyes before that!! :) Since they didnt find anything on the scans they said not to worry about it. I believe that my pupils did both react to light.
 
Heheheh...I really think we all need to have a big get-together where we can chat about what's killing us. BYOTD (bring your own terminal disease).I went through the brain tumo(u)r scare in early June and, because it was so delightful, decided to go through it again. Headaches led me to the neurologist who took my history and did a neuro exam (including checking pupils) and diagnosed migraines. He didn't mention tumors until I brought it up. He said he'd be "very surprised" because tumors usually present with neurological symptoms, which I suppose I didn't have. I walked out feeling pretty relieved.My relief didn't last long, because over the next several days, lo and behold, I *had* neurological symptoms--or so I thought. Slurred speech, mixing up words, inability to calculate the tip at a restaurant, getting off the elevator at the wrong floor at work (after being on the same freaking floor for nine years). Then I had an MRI which was, for our purposes, negative. Relief! At least, temporarily...Due to side effects, I stopped taking the med that the neuro prescribed for the headaches. The headaches had tapered off somewhat, I wasn't feeling anxious, life was good. For a couple of weeks. The headaches started back slowly, then a couple of bad days made me decide to try the med again and hoped I wouldn't have the same side effects. For the first few days, things seemed fine, but then I started feeling weird pressure sensations in my head in various places caused by head or body movements or exertion. Sometimes they ache, sometimes they don't. And a few days ago, it appeared that my pupils were different sizes. Sometimes they look different, other times they look the same. (Actually, I thought I noticed this sometime in the recent past, before the headache panic set in.) And am I slurring my speech again or mixing up words? The anxiety's back. I know the MRI was negative, but it was done *without contrast*. Maybe it missed something? Why wouldn't the insurance company pay for the contrast? Why didn't I just pay for it? And last night, I had a headache that I still had early this morning. More anxiety.I have a follow-up appointment with the neuro tomorrow and will hopefully get a sense about whether contrast would matter. (I actually discussed this whole situation on another thread somewhere here, and those who went through similar scares seem to think that it shouldn't matter for our purposes.) It probably doesn't, at least much. I might have to beg for an MRI with contrast just to soothe my nerves, but I have a feeling the neuro wouldn't order it because he didn't see signs of a tumor in the first place. Things could get ugly. (My GP ordered the MRI with contrast but insurance wouldn't pay for the contrast. I don't know if my neuro would have ordered it with contrast.)Anyway, I'm just struck by similar stories we share in our health anxieties. I mentioned my twitching at the end of my last neuro appointment (which was a follow-up for the headaches), but I'm not sure if I'll bring it up again. Not much has changed on that front, and I can only deal with one life-threatening illness at a time. :)
 
I have different size. Discovered a year ago. I have no brain tumor. Made a surgical correction on my eyes not long ago. The dr did not care about it. Totally normal he said. Had MR of head 3/4 year ago. Peace
 

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