Blame it on the Pill

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Identifier walsh_2014_s2_c1
Title Blame it on the Pill
Creator Sachin S. Kedar, Padmaja Sudhakar, Stuart Tobin, William O. Connor, Fernando Decastro
Subject Disc Edema; Lupus; Sweet Syndrome; Headache; Increased Intracranial Pressure
History Three months earlier, he had been evaluated for malaise and weight loss and found to have lymphopenia, elevated TSH (20.3) and anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody (2874) with normal T3, ESR, B12 and folate.
Disease/Diagnosis Papilledema; Sweets Syndrome; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Presenting Symptom A 62 year old white male developed headache, blurred vision, redness and watering in both eyes a week after starting a male enhancement pill, ExtenZe.
Neuroimaging Computed Tomography
Date 2014-03
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Image
Source 46th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 2014 Walsh Session, March 2
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 84112-6258
Rights Management Copyright 2014. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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