Identifier |
walsh_2002_s4_c5 |
Title |
Like Son, Like Father |
Creator |
Karl C. Golnik, MD; Brenda Helsinger; Haytham Dimeshkieh; Gabrielle De Courten-Myers |
Affiliation |
(KCG) (BH) (HD) (GDCM) Cincinnati, OH |
Subject |
Diplopia; Insomnia, Ataxia; Vertigo; Dysarthria; Esotropia; Fatal Familial; Prion Diseases; Point Mutation |
History |
A 69-year old male with difficulty sleeping and diplopia. |
Pathology |
Neuronal loss and gliosis with spongiform change in the calcarine cortex. |
Disease/Diagnosis |
Fatal familial insomnia |
Clinical |
VA: 20/40 OU |
Presenting Symptom |
Insomnia; Binocular diplopia; Neurological deterioration |
Neuroimaging |
MRI/MRA |
Treatment |
N/A |
Date |
2002 |
References |
1. Medori R, Tritschler HJ, LeBlanc A, et al. Fatal familial insomnia, a prion disease with a mutation at codon 178 of the prion protein gene. N Engl J Med 1992a;326:444-9. 2. Reder AT, Mednick AS, Brown P, et al. Clinical and genetic studies of fatal familial insomnia. Neurology 1995;45:1068-75. |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
28th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM |
Relation is Part of |
Case 5, Session IV, Walsh Session, NANOS 2002 |
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/s6k64mtk |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
ID |
177675 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k64mtk |