Temporal Arteritis with an Orbital Mass

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Identifier 19850308_nanos_sciplatform3_06
Title Temporal Arteritis with an Orbital Mass
Creator Alfredo A. Sadun; Craig H. Smith
Affiliation (AAS) Flora L. Thornton Chair, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC
Subject Temporal Arteritis; Orbital Mass; Sudden Vision Loss; CRAO; Temporal Artery Biopsy; Myositis
Description A 70-year-old white woman presented to her ophthalmologist with sudden loss of vision OS. His examination revealed visual acuity to be 20/25 OD and NLP OS, and an amaurotic pupil OS. Her sed rate was 34. The patient was thought to have a CRAO and was admitted for a workup which included: medical consult, non-invasive carotid testing, cerebral angiography, and temporal artery biopsy. Other than showing mild atherosclerosis, the results were all negative. She was discharged on aspirin and persantine.
Date 1985-03-08
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1985 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 1985: Scientific Platform Presentation (Session 3)
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 1985. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6ms70hd
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 183631
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ms70hd
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