Meningioma and Blindness (Kennerdell Case 30, PPT)

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Identifier Kennerdell_case30mab.ppt
Title Meningioma and Blindness (Kennerdell Case 30, 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; Blindness; Optic Nerve; Meningioma; Tomography, X-ray Computed; Microsurgery; Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
Description History: A 70-year-old man presenting with left proptosis and blindness in the left eye for over two years. Disease Diagnosis: Meningioma. Neuroimaging: Ultrasonogram of the left orbit with the beam coming from left to right, first seen is the posterior wall of the globe. Axial CT scan of the tumor in the retrobulbar left orbit pushing the eye forward and laterally. Coronal view of the tumor behind the left globe. It is solid and round in appearance and includes the Optic Nerve. The post-operative appearance of the left orbit with the absence of the Optic Nerve, but a slight remnant of the posterior Optic Nerve which is not involved with the tumor. Coronal view of the orbit showing absence of the Optic Nerve in the left orbit. Pathology: The Optic Nerve centrally surrounded by the meningiomatous tumor with typical benign meningoepithelial cells. Presenting Symptom: Left proptosis and blindness in the left eye. Treatment: 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
ARK ark:/87278/s63n2535
Setname ehsl_novel_jsk
ID 180115
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63n2535
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