Identifier |
20030211_nanos_controversies_02 |
Title |
Functional Visual Loss Plus |
Creator |
Mark L. Moster |
Affiliation |
Philadelphia, PA |
Subject |
Functional Visual Loss; Pseudotumor Cerebri; Organic Disease; Retinal Disease; Optic Nerve |
Description |
The patient presented had a known organic disorder, pseudotumor cerebri, with a typical course of visual field progression, leading to optic nerve sheath fenestration. When the surgery failed to stop the progression, the functional nature of the visual loss was appreciated. Patients with underlying organic disease are perhaps the most difficult cases of functional visual loss to deal with. A case such as this one presents a two-edged sword. On the one hand, unnecessary action may be taken with risk involved (surgery in this case). On the other hand, the diagnosis of functional visual loss may cause a delay in required treatment for the progressive organic component of the visual loss. |
Date |
2003-02-11 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
2003 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
NANOS 2003: Controversies Session |
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 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s67d61n1 |
Context URL |
The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/ |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
ID |
181521 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67d61n1 |