| Identifier |
walsh_2008_s3_c5_pp |
| Title |
Unilateral Vision Loss in an Altered State of Immunity (PowerPoint) |
| Creator |
Drew Chronister; Hazen Samy; Gabrielle Bonhomme; Amin Kassam; Carl Snyderman |
| Affiliation |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Subject |
Optic Neuropathy; Ischemic; Aspergillosis; Pupil Disorders; Giant Cell Arteritis; Myelodysplastic Syndromes |
| History |
An 82-year-old male with left-sided headache and temporal tenderness. Previous history significant for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, and chronic macrocytic anemia. |
| Pathology |
Soft tissue with dichomatous branching consistent with aspergillosis |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Retrobulbar ischemic optic neuropathy caused by invasive aspergillosis |
| Clinical |
VA: 20/20 OD, NLP OS |
| Presenting Symptom |
Left-sided headache; Temporal tenderness; Deterioration of vision OS |
| Date |
2008-03 |
| References |
1. Miyazaki, S, Izaki, A, Shimo-Oku, M, et al, Optic Neuritis Due to Aspergillus Infection, Neurophthalmology, 11, 183-187, 1991. 2. Spoor TC, Hartel WC, Harding S, Kocher G, Aspergillosis Presenting as a Corticosteroid-responsive Optic Neuropathy, Journal of Clinical Neurophthalmology, Jun:2, 103-107, 1982. |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Format Creation |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
40th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2008 |
| 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 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s62f7r7h |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
178213 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62f7r7h |
