What's In a Name? (Presentation Video)

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Title What's In a Name? (Presentation Video)
Creator Nicholas Volpe; Allan Wulc; Jodi Sasson; Myron Yanoff
Affiliation (NV) Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; (JS) CBL Pathology, Ryebrook, NY; (AW) (MY) Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Subject Scleritis; Diplopia; Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Vasculitis, Central Nervous System; Wegener Granulomatosis
History 76-year old male; five year history of muscle pain and arthralgia; four year history of PMR symptoms; gastrointestinal illness.
Pathology Intraconal mass which demonstrated heterogeneous enhancement and appeared to extend to the optic canal; an extensive necrotizing process with palisading histiocytes and multinucleate giant cells with an inflammatory infiltrate, including neutrophils, lymphocytes, and plasma cells
Disease/Diagnosis Necrotizing granulomatous inflammation of the orbit and sclera without systemic disease
Clinical 20/20-2 in the right side, light perception in the left side.
Presenting Symptom Ptosis; impaired eye movements; headache; forehead numbness
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Low dose steroids; Mycophenolate
Date 2011-02
References 1. Woo T, Francis I, Wilcsek G, et al. Australasian Orbital and Adnexal Wegener's Granulomatosis. Ophthalmology 108(9): 1535-1542, 2001. 2. Ahmed M, Niffenegger J, Jakobiec F, et al. Diagnosis of limited ophthalmic Wegener Granulomatosis: distinctive pathologic features with ANCA test confirmation. Int Ophthalmol 28:35-46, 2008. 3. Harman L, Margo C. Wegener's Granulomatosis. Survey of Ophthalmology 42: 458-480, 1998. 4. Rao J, Weinberger M, Oddone E. The Role of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (c-ANCA) Testing in the Diagnosis of Wegener Granulomatosis. Annals of Internal Medicine 123:925-932, 1995
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Source 43rd Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2011
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 2011. 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/s69s1tw6
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