| Identifier |
walsh_1988_s3_c2 |
| Title |
No Laughing Matter |
| Creator |
Thomas J. McPhee |
| Subject |
Optic Atrophy; Glioblastoma; Epilepsies, Partial |
| History |
A 14-year old male with a 2-week history of hoarse and garbled speech, difficulty in swallowing and change in frequency and severity of chronic, generalized headaches. Previous history significant for low-grade glioma Tx XRT. |
| Pathology |
Infiltrative tumor |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Chiasmatic optic glioma |
| Clinical |
Progressive visual field loss with bilateral optic atrophy. |
| Presenting Symptom |
Hoarse speech; Ataxic gait; Headache; Pathological laughter |
| Neuroimaging |
MRI |
| Treatment |
Antineoplastic agents; XRT |
| Date |
1988 |
| References |
1. Gascon 6G, Lombrosco CT: Epileptic (gelastic) laughter. Epilepsia 12:63,1971. 2. Chen RC, Forster FM: Cursive epilepsy and gelastic epilepsy. Neurology 23:1019,1973. 3. Wood MW, Svien HJ, Daly D: Involuntary laughter. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 33:266,1958. 4. Adams RD, Victor M: Principles of neurology. Second edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, New York, 1981. 5. Martin JP: Fits of laughter (Sham Mirth) in organic cerebral disease. Brain 73:453,1950. 6. Leopold NA: Gaze-induced laughter. Journal of Neurology-Neurosurgery Psychology, 40:815,1977. 7. Cantu RC, Drew JH: Pathological laughing and crying associated with a tumour ventral to the pons. Journal of Neurosurgery 24:1024,1966. 8. Achari AN, Colover J: Posterior fossa tumors with pathological laughter. Journal of the American Medical Association 235:1469,1976. 9. Ironside R: Disorders of laughter due to brain lesions. Brain 79:589,1956. 10. Stevenson CG, et al: A transcervical transclival approach to the ventral surface of the brainstem for removal of the clivus chordoma. Journal of Neurosurgery 24:544,1966. 11. Olive I, Svien HJ: Neurofibromas of the fifth cranial nerve. Journal of Neurosurgery 14:484,1957. 12. Stern WE, Brown WJ: Pathological laughter. Journal of Neurosurgery 14:129,1957. 13. Rosenstock JG, et al: Chiasmatic optic glioma treated with chemo¬therapy. Journal of Neurosurgery 63:862,1985 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Relation is Part of |
Case presented at the NANOS 1988 Walsh Session, May 7-8 |
| Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
| Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Holding Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s69c715d |
| Contributor Primary |
McPhee, Thomas J. |
| Contributor Secondary |
Miller, Neil R. |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
178126 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69c715d |
