Visual Loss in a Man with Metastatic Melanoma

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Identifier walsh_1997_s5_c6
Title Visual Loss in a Man with Metastatic Melanoma
Creator John W. Gittinger Jr., MD; Thomas W. Smith, MD; Allen D. Ward, MD
Affiliation (JWG) (TWS) (ADW) University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Subject Scotoma; Melanoma; Retinal Drusen; Retinal Diseases; Paraneoplastic Syndromes; Neoplasm Metastasis
History A 59-year-old male with malignant melanoma, attendant loss of vision.
Pathology Gliosis; Paraneoplastic retinopathy
Disease/Diagnosis Cutaneous melanoma-associated retinopathy
Clinical VA: 20/30 OD, 6/200 OS. Color plates: missed 5 ½ OD, could not see the control plate OS; RAPD OS
Neuroimaging CT
Treatment Surgery; XRT; Antineoplastic agents
Date 1997
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 23rd Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of 1997 Walsh Session, April 5-6
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 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6bz68s5
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 177994
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bz68s5