A Bitter-Sweet Diagnosis (PowerPoint)

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Identifier walsh_2010_s2_c1_ppt
Title A Bitter-Sweet Diagnosis (PowerPoint)
Creator Rebecca Stacy; Frederick Jakobiec; Lucia Sobrin; Dean Cestari
Affiliation Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA
Subject Papilledema; Pupil Disorders; Autoimmune Diseases; Eye Foreign Bodies; Panuveitis; Sweet Syndrome
History A 49-year old male with a foreign body sensation, flashes, and floaters OS.
Pathology Neutrophilic and granulomatous inflammation in the reticular dermis.
Disease/Diagnosis Papillitis associated with neuro-Sweet's syndrome
Clinical VA: 20/20 OD, 20/25 OS; Anterior and vitreous cell OS; RAPD OS
Presenting Symptom Flashes; Floaters; Foreign body sensation OS
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Corticosteroids; Anti-inflammatory agents
Date 2010-03
References 1. Sweet, RD. An acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis. Br J Dermatol 76: 349-356, 1964. 2. Hisanga K, Iwasaki Y, Itoyama Y et al. Neuro-Sweet disease: Clinical manifestations and criteria for diagnosis. Neurology 64: 1756-1761, 2005. 3. Gottlieb CG, Mishra A, Belliveau D. Ocular involvement in acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet Syndrome): New cases and review of the literature. Surv Ophthalmol 53: 219-226, 2008. 4. Hisanaga K, Hosokawa M, Sato N et al. Benign recurrent encephalitis with neutrophilic dermatitis. Arch Neurol 56: 1010-1013, 1999. 5. Uysal H, Vahaboglu H, Inan L et al. Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) in neuro- Behçet's disease. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 95: 319-322, 1993.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 42nd Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 2010 Walsh Session, March 7
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/index3.html
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-6480
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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