Identifier |
walsh_2013_s3_c1-1 |
Title |
Sacramentum Gladiatorium |
Creator |
Michael S. Vaphiades, MD, University of Alabama, Jennifer Doyle |
Subject |
Optic Nerve; Headaches; Giant Cell Arteritis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Sphenoid Sinusitis |
History |
Medical history includes hypertension and hyperlipidemia. |
Pathology |
Culture showed abundant methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. |
Disease/Diagnosis |
Sphenoid sinus mucocele induced optic neuropathy (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) |
Clinical |
Visual acuity is 20/30 OD and no light perception OS. Color vision is 4 of 8 OD and 0 of 8 plates OS. Confrontational fields are full in the right and nonplottable OS. Pupils measure 7mm in each eye with 2+reactivity in the right and no reactivity in the left with greater than 1.2 Log RAPD OD. She has decreased temporal artery upstroke bilaterally. |
Presenting Symptom |
An 84-year-old woman who noted a headache for 2 weeks and a one day history visual loss OS. |
Neuroimaging |
MRI |
Treatment |
Clindamycin; Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim |
Date |
2013-02-10 |
References |
Attached |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
45th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
Case presented at the NANOS 2013 Walsh Session, February 10 |
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), Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6j130s8 |
Contributor Primary |
Bhatti, M Tariq |
Contributor Secondary |
Thurtell, Matthew J |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
ID |
179147 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j130s8 |