| Identifier |
walsh_2004_s1_c3 |
| Title |
Victoria's Secret |
| Creator |
Daniel Kremens, MD, JD; Daniel Skovronsky, MD, PhD; Valerianna Amorosa, MD; Scott Kasner, MD; Emily Blumberg, MD; Kevin Judy, MD; Steven Galleta, MD |
| Affiliation |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Subject |
Neuroschistosomiasis; Nystagmus, Pathologic; Eosinophilia; Parasitic Diseases |
| History |
A 34-year old male with acute onset of vertigo accompanied by dizziness and unsteady gait. |
| Pathology |
Scattered, large necrotizing granulomas composed of eosinophils, histiocytes, giant cells within the cerebellum. |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Neuroschistosomiasis |
| Clinical |
Bilateral horizontal end-gaze jerk nystagmus |
| Presenting Symptom |
Vertigo with accompanying unsteady gait |
| Treatment |
Surgery; Corticosteroids |
| Date |
2004 |
| References |
1. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/schistosomiasis/factsht_schistosomiasis. 2. Strickland GT, ed. Hunter's Tropical Medicine, 7th ed. Strickland GT and Abdel-Wahab MF. Schistosomiasis. 781-807. Philadelphia: 1991. 3. Ropper AH, Stemmer-Rachamimov A. 31-year-old man with an apparent seizure and a mass in the right parietal lobe. NEJM, 2001: 126-31. 4. Pitella, JEH et al., Tumoral form of cerebral schistosomiasis mansoni. A report of four cases and a review of the literature. Clin Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1996: 15-20. 5. Miller, N., Newman, N., eds. Walsh & Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 5th ed, Vol. 4, Odel J. and Moazami G., Diseases Caused by Helminths, 4485-4492. Baltimore: 1998. |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
30th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2004 |
| 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/s6v40xwg |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
177580 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v40xwg |
