| Identifier |
20210220_nanos_posters_047 |
| Title |
GCA Mimickers in the Elderly - Thinking Out of the Box |
| Creator |
Ashwini Kini; Padmaja Sudhakar; Flavius Raslau |
| Affiliation |
(AK) (PS) (FR) University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky |
| Subject |
Optic Neuropathy |
| Description |
Neuromyelitis optica(NMO) and Myelin oligodendrocyte (MOG) antibody associated optic neuropathy are inflammatory demyelinating diseases that rarely affect the elderly. We present 2 elderly patients who presented with acute onset vision loss that was initially mistaken for ischemic optic neuropathy but subsequently diagnosed with NMO and MOG. |
| Date |
2021-02 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
2021 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting 2021: Poster Session I: Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders of Neurologic and Systemic Diseases |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/ |
| Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2021. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6tf5szd |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
| ID |
1675728 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf5szd |
