Malignant Optic Nerve Glioma (Kennerdell Case 53, PPT)

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Identifier Kennerdell_case53_onl.ppt
Title Malignant Optic Nerve Glioma (Kennerdell Case 53, PPT)
Creator John S. Kennerdell, MD (1935-2017)
Affiliation Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Subject Blindness; Optic Nerve; Astrocytes; Malignant Glioma; Malignant Optic Nerve Glioma; Tomography, X-ray Computed; Microsurgery; Glioma
Description History: A 65-year-old man who presented with a three month history of blindness in the right eye, complaining of new vision loss in the left eye. He had no headache or eye pain. Anatomy: Optic Nerve; Astrocytes. Clinical: The upper temporal field defect in the left eye. Disease Diagnosis: Malignant Glioma; Malignant Optic Nerve Glioma. Pathology: The malignant astrocytes with indications of active cell division. The malignant astrocytes of the malignant glioma, extending from the Optic Nerve to the chiasma. Presenting Symptom: Blindness in the right eye for three months complaining of vision loss in the left eye. Neurology: Axial CT scan showing an enlargement of the right Optic Nerve extending from the globe to the apex. Etiology: Malignant glioma. Treatment: Lateral orbitotomy.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Source 35mm Kodachrome slide
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: John S. Kennerdell Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Kennerdell/
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/s6w097nd
Setname ehsl_novel_jsk
ID 180140
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w097nd
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