| Identifier |
walsh_2009_s2_c4 |
| Title |
The Vulnerable Visual Field |
| Creator |
Sophia Chung |
| Affiliation |
Saint Louis University Eye Institute, Saint Louis, MO |
| Subject |
Brain Neoplasms; Optic Nerve Neoplasms; Germinoma; Vision, Low; Pupil Disorders; Optic Atrophy |
| History |
A 24-year old female with loss of vision OD associated with ipsilateral headache and pain on eye movement. |
| Pathology |
Intracranial germ cell tumor |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Primary optic nerve/chiasmal germinoma |
| Clinical |
VA: NLP OD, 20/20 OS; RAPD OD; Temporal VF defect OS |
| Presenting Symptom |
Progressive loss of vision OD; Headache; Periocular pain |
| Neuroimaging |
MRI |
| Treatment |
Steroids; Antineoplastic agents; XRT |
| Date |
2009-02 |
| References |
1. Bowman CB, Farris BK. Primary chiasmal germinoma. J Clin Neuro-ophthalmol 10:9-17, 1990. 2. Echevarria ME, Fangusaro J, Goldman S. Pediatric central nervous system germ cell tumors: a review. The Oncologist 13:690-699, 2008. 3. Iizuka H, Nojima T, Kadoya S. Germinoma of the optic nerve: case report. Brain Tumor Pathol 1 3:95-98, 1996. 4. Krolak-Almon P, Androdia G, Honnorat J, et al. Beware of optic neuritis. The Lancet: Neurology. 1:51651 7, 2002. 5. Nadkarni TD, Fattepurkar SC, Desai KI, et al. Intracranial optic nerve germinoma. J Clin Neurosc 1 1: 559-61, 2004 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
41st Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2009 |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/ |
| Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s64m97c6 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
178731 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64m97c6 |
