Progressive Visual Loss with an Unusual Enlarging Intracranial Mass

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Identifier walsh_1996_s1_c1
Title Progressive Visual Loss with an Unusual Enlarging Intracranial Mass
Creator Robert F. Saul, MD; John B. Selhorst, MD; R. Patrick Dorion, MD
Affiliation (RFS) (JBS) (RPD) Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Subject Meningitis; Papilledema; Otitis; Retroperitoneal Fibrosis; Optic Atrophy; Nerve Compression Syndromes
History A 60-year old female with a 1-month history of visual decline OU, intermittent headache and recurrent ear infection AU.
Pathology Multiple foci of lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate with multinucleated giant cells areas of necrosis of connective tissue.
Disease/Diagnosis Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis
Clinical VA: 20/25 OU declining to 20/400 OD, 20/800 OS
Presenting Symptom Decreasing vision OU; Headache; Ear infection
Neuroimaging MRI
Treatment Corticosteroids
Date 1996
References Attached
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 22nd Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of 1996 Walsh Session, February 10-11
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/s6028v85
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 177935
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6028v85
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