Papilledema Gone Wrong (abstract)

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Title Papilledema Gone Wrong (abstract)
Creator Ahmara Ross; Payal Patel; Jessica Panzer; Grant Liu
Affiliation (AR) University of Pennsylvania Scheie Eye, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; (PP) Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; (JP) The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; (GL) Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Subject Papilledema; Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension; Disc Edema
History A 12 year old obese female with a history of enterovirus meningitis presented with throbbing, constant, 10/10, occipital and positional headaches, associated with diplopia, photophobia, nausea, and vomiting for one week in; the setting of a recent 20 lb. weight gain. Her vision, pupils, fields, and color vision were all unremarkable. Her fundus exam was significant for bilateral papilledema, and her neurologic exam was otherwise normal. MRI with and without contrast and MRV were unremarkable.
Disease/Diagnosis Paradichlorobenzene (PDCB) toxicity
Date 2017-04
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 49th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2017
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
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