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Identifier walsh_2004_s4_c4
Title Uninvited Guest
Creator Valérie Biousse, MD Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine
Subject West Nile Fever; Nystagmus, Pathologic; Esotropia; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Transplantation; Iatrogenic Disease
History A 31-year female with blurred vision. Previous history significant for hypertension since childhood, complicated by end-stage renal disease. Underwent cadaveric renal transplant with ureteroneocystostomy.
Pathology Renal transplant source of West Nile infection.
Disease/Diagnosis West Nile virus encephalitis transmitted through organ donation
Presenting Symptom Blurry and jumpy vision
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Corticosteroids
Date 2004
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 30th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of Case 4, Session IV, Walsh Session, NANOS 2004
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
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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Contributor Primary Biousse, Valerie
Contributor Secondary Newman, Nancy J.
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s46vpm
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