A Mystery Case of Proptosis, Optic Neuropathy, and Peripheral Neuropathy

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Identifier walsh_2012_s3_c3
Title A Mystery Case of Proptosis, Optic Neuropathy, and Peripheral Neuropathy
Creator Bonnie Keung; Judith Warner; Kathleen Digre; Bradley Katz; Steven Chin; Lubdha Shah; Danielle Eckart
Affiliation University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Subject Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease; Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating; Multiple Sclerosis
History Age 7 - headaches and vision loss to count fingers in left eye; Age 13 - diagnosed with multiple sclerosis; Age 22 - diplopia thought to be bilateral INO; identical twin with sequential bilateral optic neuritis at 8 years, diagnosis of multiple sclerosis at 12 years, and repeated exacerbations of gait impairment
Pathology Nerve fascicles with loss of large and small myelinated nerve fibers; thin myelin sheathes and frequent 'onion-bulb' formations with concentric layers of Schwann cell processes
Disease/Diagnosis Combined central and peripheral myelinopathy
Clinical 20/20 OU; left RAPD; 3 mm right proptosis; -3 adduction in right eye; -2 abduction in left eye; -1 elevation deficit bilaterally; one Lisch nodule; one cafe au lait spot less than 2 cm; Optic nerves appeared pale OS > OD.
Presenting Symptom A 23 year-old female with proptosis and ophthalmoplegia.
Neuroimaging MRI
Date 2012-02
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 44th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2012
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 2012. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6np2790
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 179114
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6np2790
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