A Tale of Progressive Painless Vision Loss in a 64-year-old Man

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Identifier 20210223_nanos_posters_187
Title A Tale of Progressive Painless Vision Loss in a 64-year-old Man
Creator Moe Aung; Nicholas Volpe; Daniel Choi; Grant Liu
Affiliation (MA) (GL) Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; (NV) Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Subject Optic Neuropathy; Genetic Disease
Description Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a mitochondrially inherited disorder characterized by vision loss. LHON typically presents in young adulthood, but can affect patients over 60 years. Our patient is a 64-year-old man with a history of obstructive sleep apnea who presented with progressive sequential painless vision loss due to LHON.
Date 2021-02
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2021 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 2021: Poster Session IV: Disorders of the Anterior Visual Pathway (Retina, Optic Nerve, and Chiasm)
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2021. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1675977
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6771b12