An Unusual Optic Neuritis

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Identifier walsh_2007_s3_c5
Title An Unusual Optic Neuritis
Creator Manoj Parulekar, MS, FRCS, DNB; Agnes Wong, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Affiliation Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Subject Night Blindness; Pupil Disorders; Myopathies, Structural, Congenital; Retinal Diseases; Optic Neuritis
History A 37-year old female with sudden onset of impairment in lower visual field OS.
Pathology Tubular aggregates in muscle fibers
Disease/Diagnosis Tubular aggregate myopathy associated with retinal distrophy and optic neuritis
Clinical VA: 20/20 OD, 20/40 OS; Color plates: 17/17 OD, 3/17 OS; Left RAPD; Blind spot OD
Presenting Symptom Visual field loss OS; Night blindness OU
Treatment N/A
Date 2007-02
References 1. Chevessier F, Bauche-Godard S, Leroy JP, et al. The origin of tubular aggregates in human myopathies. J Pathol. 2005;207:313-23. 2. Jacques TS, Holton J, Watts PM, et al. Tubular aggregate myopathy with abnormal pupils and skeletal deformities. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2002;73:324-6.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 39th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2007
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
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Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 178321
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63t9m0k
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