A 28 Year-Old Male with Progressive Vertical Diplopia (Presentation Video)

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Identifier walsh_2006_s2_c5_video
Title A 28 Year-Old Male with Progressive Vertical Diplopia (Presentation Video)
Creator Mark Gans MD; Edward Margolin, MD
Affiliation Montreal, Canada
Subject Whipple Disease; Diplopia; Brain Stem Neoplasms
History A 28-year old male with a 4-month history of double vision. Previous history significant for hypercholesterolemia subsequently responding to diet control.
Pathology Brain stem mass consisting of atypical epithelioid cells, eosinophils, vasculated and foamy cytoplasm consistent with necrotic changes.
Disease/Diagnosis Whipple Disease
Clinical VA: Best-corrected, 20/20 OU; Subcapsular cataract OS
Presenting Symptom Diplopia OS
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Antibiotics
Date 2006
References 1) Marth T, Raoult D. Whipple's disease. Lancet 2003; 361: 239-46. 2) Dutly F, Altwegg M. Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii". Clinical Microbiology Reviews, July 2001: 561-83. 3) Anderson M. Neurology of Whipple's disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Jan 2000; 68 (1): 2-5. 4) Suzer T, Demirkan N, Tahta K, Coskun E, Cetin B. Whipple's Disease Confirned to the Central Nervous System: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Scand Journal Infec Disease 1999; 31: 411-14. 5) Mendel E, Khoo L, Go JL, Hinton D, Zee CS, Apuzzo M. Intracerebral Whipple's Disease Diagnosed by Stereotactic Biopsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Neurosurgery 1999; 44: 203-09.
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Source 32nd Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, 2006 Frank B. Walsh Session
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2006
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
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