Case: We report the case of a patient who presented with unilateral mydriasis after a scopolamine patch application. The specific clinical context (cancer) reported here may have led to the misinterpretation of the etiology of mydriasis.
Conclusion: Our case description warns against diagnostic mistakes related to this side effect and highlights the advantages of pilocarpine test in the differential diagnosis of unilateral mydriasis.
In the 300,000 inhabitant city-area of Nancy (France), admission of women victims of sexual violence follows a special procedure. That has been jointly set by the Justice Department, Police and Emergency Rooms of both the Maternite Régionale and the University General Hospital. Nevertheless, we have recently conclude the management and follow-up of victims were generally not good enough.
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