Optic Neuropathies

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Identifier 96_57
Title Optic Neuropathies
Creator Larry P. Frohman, MD
Affiliation UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Contributing Institution AAO/NANOS - American Academy of Ophthalmology / North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Subject Optic Neuropathy with Retinopathies
Description This healthy 29-year-old man with dense amblyopia OS presented with a foreign-body sensation OS and further visual loss in his amblyopic eye. He was noted to have bilateral disc edema and lesions in the left eye consistent with unilateral acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (AMPPE). He refused lumbar puncture, and the remainder of his systemic workup was negative. He recovered to his baseline amblyopic function over a few months and has been well for 10 years. The unilateral retinal disease in conjunction with bilateral disc edema supports the conclusion that AMPPE is a manifestation of a systemic disorder. Pair with 96_53, 96_54, 96_55, 96_56, and 96_58.
Date 1999
Date Digital 2004
References Frohman LP, Klug R. Bielory L, et al: Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy with unilateral retinal lesions and bilateral disc edema. Am J Ophthalmol 1987;104:548-550.
Language eng
Format image/jpeg
Type Image
Source AAO/NANOS Clinical neuro-ophthalmology : image collection for ophthalmic practitioners. American Academy of Ophthalmology [electronic resource], [San Francisco, Calif.] : AAO, c1999.
Relation is Part of Case 99
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: AAO-NANOS Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinical Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/AAO
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 1999. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_aao_nanos
ID 176912
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62n81ws