A Patient with Dementia, Orbital Inflammation and Loss of Vision

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Identifier walsh_1999_s1_c4
Title A Patient with Dementia, Orbital Inflammation and Loss of Vision
Creator Hadas Kalish
Subject Vision, Low; Giant Cell Arteritis; Optic Disk Drusen; Dementia
History A 74-year old female with progressive reduction in vision over a 6-month period OS. Previous history significant for hypertension, mild diabetes and migraine.
Pathology Inflammation of temporal arteries and adjacent orbital tissues with multinucleated giant cells.
Disease/Diagnosis Temporal Arteritis
Clinical VA: 20/50 OD, 20/70 OS; Drusen OU
Neuroimaging MRI
Treatment Steroids
Date 1999
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 25th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 1999 Walsh Session, February 6-7.
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 84112-6912
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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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd7zdx
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