Objective: To automatically study the pupillary light reflex in patients with hereditary transthyretin-associated amyloidosis (hATTR).

Methods: Prospective cross-sectional observational study in patients with hATTR with unilateral scalloped iris. Pupillary light reflex of scalloped iris eyes (21 eyes) were compared with non-scalloped iris eyes (21 eyes, paired eyes of the same patients) and also with a control group of 20 healthy eyes, using static and dynamic pupillometry with the Metrovision MonPack One.

Results: No patient presented evident neurological involvment of the cranial nerves. No significant differences were found in the pupillary diameters under standardized lighting conditions (static pupillometry) among groups. In dynamic pupillometry, the amplitude of contraction, the velocity of contraction and the velocity of dilation were statistically significantly lower in eyes with scalloped iris, comparing both with the contralateral non-scalloped iris eyes ( < 0.001 for all) and with eyes from healthy subjects ( < 0.05 for all).

Conclusion: A scalloped iris reflects a more advanced endocular hATTR and it is associated with an altered pupillary light reflex. Pupillometry may be a quick, simple, and portable test to objectively evaluate ocular amyloid deposition in hATTR eyes. Pupillary light reflex may not be reliable to evaluate neurological dysfunction in these patients.

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