Confusing Diplopia

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Identifier walsh_2006_s1_c1
Title Confusing Diplopia
Creator Dan Boghen, MD, FRCPC; Katie Luneau, MD; Isabelle Hardy, MD, FRCSC; Patrick R. Boulos, MD, FRCSC; Julie Falardeau, MD, FRCSC
Affiliation Montreal, Canada
Subject Diplopia; Blepharoptosis; Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Orbital Neoplasms; Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases; Adenocarcinoma
History A 45-year old female with diplopia.
Pathology Metastatic adenocarcinoma
Disease/Diagnosis Metastasis to the extra-ocular muscles from breast carcinoma
Clinical Upper left lid ptosis; Exophthalmometry 17 OU; Reduced motility OD
Presenting Symptom Diplopia
Neuroimaging CT
Treatment Corticosteroids; Cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors
Date 2006
References 1. Brendan Lacey, Wilma Chang, Jack Rootman. Nonthyroid causes of extraocular muscle disease. Surv Ophthalmol 44:187-213, 1999. 2. Antonio Capone Jr, Thomas L Slamovits. Discrete metastasis of solid tumors. Arch Ophthalmol ; Vol 108: 237-243, 1990. 3. Goldberg RA, Rootman J. Clinical characteristics of metastatic orbital tumors. Ophthalmology 1990; 97: 620-624. 4. Jimmy M Uddin, Geoffroy E Rose. Downgaze "Hang-up" of the upper eyelid in patients with adult-onset ptosis: An important sign of pos- sible orbital malignancy. Ophthalmology 2003;110:1433-1436.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 32nd Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, 2006 Frank B. Walsh Session
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2006
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
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Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 178076
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr220h
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