The Incredible Shrinking Brain

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Identifier walsh_1993_s2_c4
Title The Incredible Shrinking Brain
Creator Marc H. Levy, MD, FACS; William M. Hart, Jr., MD, PhD; Fredrick M. Sonstein, MD; William E. Ballinger, MD
Affiliation (MHL) (WMH) (FMS) (WEB) Sarasota Retina Institute, Sarasota, FL
Subject Alzheimer Disease; Hemianopsia; Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
History A 65-year old female with an 8-year history of progressive loss of vision OU.
Pathology Eosinophilic thickening of the cerebral cortex with senile plaques
Disease/Diagnosis Cerebral amyloid angiopathy consistent with Alzheimer Disease
Clinical VA: 20/40 OU declining to CF OU
Presenting Symptom Progressive loss of vision
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Surgery; Corticosteroids
Date 1993
References Attached
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 19th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of 1993 Walsh Session, March 13-14
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/s661131s
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 177856
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s661131s
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