A Difficult Bug to Swallow

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Identifier walsh_2013_s2_c5
Title A Difficult Bug to Swallow
Creator Kenneth Lao; Blake A. Isernhagen; R. Michael Siatkowski
Affiliation Dean McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, OK
Subject Orbital Apex; Metastatic Disease; Ophthalmoplegia
History Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and a right ventricular thrombus.
Disease/Diagnosis Esophageal Adenocarcinoma with metastasis to the left orbital apex
Clinical Visual acuities of 20/25 in his right eye and no light perception in his left eye. Pupil exam revealed a 3mm pupil on the right that reacted briskly to light and accommodation without an afferent pupillary defect. The left pupil was 5mm and did not react to light or accommodation and had an afferent pupillary defect. Posterior extent of the left optic nerve showed evidence of infiltration by the lesion with coinciding edema.
Presenting Symptom A 54 year-old white male presented to the emergency room with a one month history of progressive binocular diplopia and a one week history of painless loss of vision in his left eye.
Neuroimaging CT Scan; PET Scan
Date 2013-02
References 1. Yeh S and Foroozan R. Orbital Apex Syndrome, Curr Opin Opthalmology 15:490-498, 2004. 2. Bone I and Hadley D M. Syndromes of The Orbital Fissure, Cavernous Sinus, Cerebello-pontine Angle, and Skull Base, J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2005;76 (Suppl III): iii29-iii38, 2005. 3. Agrawal R, Shukla P, Shukla V, Chauhan A. Brain Metastasis From Esophageal Carcinoma, Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics 2009, Volume 5, Issue 2, page 137-139.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 45th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2013
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 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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