Papilledema with Cortical Visual Loss
| Identifier | walsh_1993_s1_c1 |
| Title | Papilledema with Cortical Visual Loss |
| Creator | Jonathan C. Horton, MD, PhD; Brooks J. Crawford, MD |
| Affiliation | (JCH) (BJC) University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| Subject | Papilledema; Blindness, Cortical; Melanoma; Neoplasm Metastasis; Meningeal Carcinomatosis; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 |
| History | A 48-year old female with Dx idiopathic intracranial hypertension and a history of intermittent bi-frontal, pulsatile headache associated with vomiting and photophobia. Previous history significant for Dx carcinomatous meningitis from metastatic melanoma. |
| Pathology | Metastatic melanoma infiltrating the cerebral cortex. |
| Disease/Diagnosis | Carinomatous meningitis from matastatic malignant melanoma |
| Clinical | VA: Best-corrected, 20/25 OU |
| Presenting Symptom | Headache; Vomiting; Photophobia |
| Neuroimaging | CT; MRI |
| Date | 1993 |
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| Language | eng |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | Text |
| Source | 20th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM |
| Relation is Part of | 1993 Walsh Session, March 13-14 |
| 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/s670845m |
| Setname | ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID | 177848 |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s670845m |