Joe & Jerry Flew the Coop

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Title Joe & Jerry Flew the Coop
Creator Lulu L.C.D. Bursztyn; Dane A Breker; Andrew W. Stacey; Ashok Srinivasan; Mark W. Johnson; Jonathan D. Trobe
Affiliation (LLCDB) (DAB) (AWS) (MWJ) (JDT) University of Michigan Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Ann Arbor, MI; (AS) University of Michigan Radiology (Neuroradiology) Ann Arbor, MI; (JDT) University of Michigan Neurology Ann Arbor, MI
Subject Bilateral Vision Loss; Retina; Lateral Geniculate; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Encephalitis
History A previously healthy 13-year-old girl presented to a local hospital with fever and myalgia, followed oneday later by lethargy and vision loss. Past medical history was significant only for acne, for which shehad been treated with doxycycline 40 mg/day intermittently starting 2 months prior to symptomonset. In the emergency department, the patient was difficult to arouse. Within 24 hours of onset,arousal level spontaneously returned to normal, but vision was light perception in both eyes. Based onfundus examination, she was given a presumptive diagnosis of neuroretinitis and transferred to ourhospital. On our examination, visual acuity was light perception only in both eyes. Pupils measured7mm in dim illumination and constricted moderately to direct light. Ophthalmoscopy in both eyesrevealed nearly confluent, sharp-bordered ischemic retinal white patches in the posterior pole. Opticalcoherence tomography (OCT) showed inner retinal thickening and hyperreflectivity. Fluoresceinangiography (FA) revealed occlusion of multiple small arterioles in the areas of retinal whitening. Awide-field FA confirmed multifocal arteriolar occlusions posteriorly with minimal late leakage and noretinal vascular abnormalities in the periphery. Brain MRI demonstrated symmetric T2 hyperintensitieson FLAIR images in the region in both LGBs, and in the cerebellar vermis and dorsal midbrain. T2-weighted gradient echo images showed hypointensities with blooming in the LGBs, indicative ofhemorrhage. These lesions showed restricted diffusion. ESR was 46, CRP was 0.1 and the followinglabs were negative: cardiolipin antibody, anti-DsDNA, anti-SSb/anti-La, anti-Sm, anti-RNP, anti-scleroderma, anti-Jol, chromatin, ribosomal protein and centromere B. An additional test was performed.
Disease/Diagnosis H1N1 influenza associated encephalopathy with bilateral retinal and LGB infarction
Date 2015-02
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 47th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2015
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/index3.html
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-6229
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