Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma (Kennerdell Case 36, PPT)

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Identifier Kennerdell_case36_mfh.ppt
Title Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma (Kennerdell Case 36, PPT)
Creator John S. Kennerdell, MD (1935-2017)
Affiliation Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Subject Proptosis; Exophthalmos; Orbit; Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous; Ultrasonography; Tomography, X-ray Computed; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Microsurgery
Description History: A 52-year-old man who was referred with an eight month history of decreasing vision in the right eye. Visual acuity in the right eye was 20/20- and the left eye 20/20. He had an enlarged blind spot on right visual field testing and a 3 mm right proptosis. Anatomy: Orbit. Clinical: Visual acuity in the right eye was 20/20- and the left eye 20/20. Disease Diagnosis: Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous. Pathology: The appearance of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma which was previously thought to be a hemangioma. A magnified view of the malignant fibrous histiocytoma cells. Another magnified view of the malignant fibrous histiocytoma cells. Presenting Symptom: Decreasing vision in the right eye; enlarged blind spot on right visual field testing and a 3 mm right proptosis. Neuroimaging: Ultrasound with beam coming from left to right shows the posterior wall of the eye and a cystic lesion in the retrobulbar space immediately behind the eye in a nasal position. Axial CT scan with the irregularly rounded tumor adjacent to the nasal posterior aspect of the right eye in the orbit Axial MRI showing the enhancing tumor that appears to be attached to the posterior nasal right globe. Treatment: Surgical removal of tumor.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Source 35mm Kodachrome slide
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: John S. Kennerdell Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Kennerdell/
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_jsk
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60003s2
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