| Identifier |
R2B6_1a |
| Title |
Paraneoplastic Retinopathy |
| Creator |
William F. Hoyt, MD |
| Affiliation |
(WFH) Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, California |
| Subject |
Pigmentary Retinopathy; Paraneoplastic Retinopathy; Paraneoplastic Disease |
| Description |
Man with oat cell carcinoma of the lung with paraneoplastic retinopathy. Narrowed arterioles. Note absence of obvious retinal pigmentary degeneration. Cancer associated retinopathy syndrome (CAR Syndrome or Sawyer-Sellhorst Syndrome) (Ref: Sawyer, Sellhorst, Hoyt). Anatomy: Retina. Pathology: Oat cell carcinoma of the lung with paraneoplastic retinopathy. Diagnosis: Cancer associated retinopathy. Clinical: Progressive visual loss, progressive night blindness, and diffuse photopsias. |
| Date |
1977 |
| References |
Sawyer RA, Selhorst JB, Zimmerman LE, Hoyt WF. Blindness caused by photoreceptor degeneration as a remote effect of cancer. Am J Ophthalmol. 1976 May;81(5):606-13. PMID: 179323 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Scanned at 2700 ppi on Nikon LS2000 and Nikon 8000 film scanners |
| Type |
Image |
| Source |
35mm Kodachrome slide; 52a |
| Relation is Part of |
group R2B61 |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: William F. Hoyt Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Hoyt/ |
| Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 1960. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6ms6qcx |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_wfh |
| ID |
189961 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ms6qcx |
