Identifier |
walsh_1994_s4_c1 |
Title |
A 45 Year Old Female with Guillain-Barre and Optic Neuritis |
Creator |
Rodolfo J. Rios, MD; J. G. Odel; A. Camac; C. E. Thirkill; R. E. Lovelace; C. MacKay; P. Gouras; S. L. Goei; M. M. Behrens; M. J. Kupersmith |
Affiliation |
(RJR) (JGO) (AC) (CET) (REL) (CM) (PG) (SLG) (MMB) (MJK) Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY |
Subject |
Paraneoplastic Syndromes; Lung Neoplasms; Ocular Motility Disorders; Scotoma; Optic Neuritis; Guillain-Barre Syndrome; Paresthesia; Recoverin |
History |
A 45-year old female with insomnia and back pain later followed by weakness and paresthesias of all four extremities and clumsiness. |
Pathology |
Inflammatory neuropathy; Axonopathy |
Disease/Diagnosis |
Paraneoplastic photoreceptor degeneration, peripheral neuropathy and opsoclonus, all secondary to small cell lung carcinoma |
Clinical |
VA: 20/200 OD, 20/100 OS; Color plates: AO/HRR OU |
Presenting Symptom |
Insomnia; Back pain; Weakness; Clumsiness; Numbness in all four limbs |
Neuroimaging |
CT |
Date |
1994 |
References |
Attached |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
21st Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM |
Relation is Part of |
Case presented at the NANOS 1994 Walsh Session, April 8-10 |
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/s6nv9n09 |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
ID |
177891 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nv9n09 |