Blindness from Bad Bones

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Identifier walsh_1998_s2_c6
Title Blindness from Bad Bones
Creator Nancy F. Vilar, MD, PhD; Linda Sternau, MD; Carole D. Brathwaite, MD; R. Michael Siatkowski, MD
Affiliation (NFV) (LS) (CDB) (RMS) Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL
Subject Osteopetrosis; Nerve Compression Syndromes; Intracranial Pressure; Optic Atrophy
History A 5-year old male with jerking movements of all four limbs diagnosed as hypocalcemic seizures.
Pathology Bilateral venous obstruction
Disease/Diagnosis Osteopetrosis with increased intracranial pressure secondary to venous outflow obstruction.
Clinical VA: 3/200 OD, 4/100 OS
Presenting Symptom Loss of vision OU
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Surgery
Date 1998
References Attached
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 24th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of 1998 Walsh Session
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/
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/s6st7sj8
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 178037
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6st7sj8
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