A Shot in the Dark

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Identifier walsh_2015_s1_c2-1
Title A Shot in the Dark
Creator Joshua Pasol, Ricardo J. Komotar, Faisal Yamani
Subject Optic Neuropathy, Autoimmune Diseases, Cupped Optic Nerve, MRI, Visual Field
History A 74 year-old man with a chief complaint of difficulty with night time driving for several years as well as difficulty going from a lighted room to a dark room. PMH of high cholesterol, BPH, hypothyroidism, GERD, glottic squamous cell cancer without recurrence, and a prior history of alcoholism. POHx: cataract extraction right eye and AMD. Medications include Multivitamin, Aspirin, Synthroid, Tamsulosin, Omeprazole, Crestor. Drinks wine intermittently and stopped drinking after possible DT's. He owns a bar. His initial exam VA: 20/25 OU, normal IHCP, CFVF: OD constricted, OS normal. Pupils with no APD but were sluggish. IOP's 13 mm Hg OU. Motility showed some slight decreased abduction OU: 5ET primary, 10ET left, 5ET right gazes. SLE: PCIOL OD, NS cataract OS. Optic nerves had 0.7 cups with difficulty in appreciating any pallor. He had a few RPE macular changes OU. The HVF appeared reliable with severe constriction OD>OS (MD -29 and -17 respectively). RNFL OCT showed a mean thickness of 69 and 61 microns respectively. Testing was later done.
Disease/Diagnosis Idiopathic Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis mimicking Normal Tension Glaucoma Visual Field loss
Date 2015-02
References None.
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Source 47th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2015
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 84112-6241
Rights Management Copyright 2015. 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 179272
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cp01hz
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