Progressive Cortical Blindness

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Identifier walsh_1991_s3_c4
Title Progressive Cortical Blindness
Creator Jacqueline Winterkorn, MD, PhD; N. Epstein, MD; P. Farmer, MD; P. Ragone, MD; S. Teichberg, MD
Affiliation (JSW) (NE) (PF) (PR) (ST) North Shore University Hospital/Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, NY
Subject Adenocarcinoma; Neoplasm Metastasis; Hemianopsia; Brain Neoplasms; Blindness, Cortical; Dyslexia, Acquired
History A 68-year old female with a 6-month history of progressive loss of vision.
Pathology Ring-enhancing lesions in parieto-occiptal regions extending to corpus callosum
Disease/Diagnosis Small cell adenomcarcinoma metatstatic to brain
Clinical VA: 20/40 OU declining to HM OU
Presenting Symptom Progressive loss of vision OU
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Surgery; Steroids; XRT; Antineoplastic agents
Date 1991
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 18th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 1991 Walsh Session,February 21-23
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/s6gt5qwc
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 177784
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gt5qwc