Bright Meninges; Dim Doctors (Mastoid BX 40X)

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Identifier walsh_2005_s3_c4_Mastoid_BX_40X_April_2_04
Title Bright Meninges; Dim Doctors (Mastoid BX 40X)
Creator Valerie Biousse, MD; Sachin Kedar, MD; Stephen Hunter, MD; Nancy J. Newman, MD
Affiliation Atlanta, GA
Subject Meningitis; Granuloma; Plasma Cell; Sinus Thrombosis; Intracranial; Papilledema
History A 32-year old male with headache and diplopia.
Pathology Fibroblastic proliferation with mixed inflammatory cell infiltrates consistent with inflammatory pseudotumor.
Disease/Diagnosis Intracranial inflammatory pseudotumor; Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis
Clinical VA: 20/20-2 OD, 20/30-2 OS; Color plates: 14/14 OU
Presenting Symptom Headaches; Diplopia
Neuroimaging MRI
Treatment Steroids; Immunosupressive agents
Date 2005
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Language eng
Format image/jpeg
Type Image
Source 31st Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2005
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 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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