Triple A Ball

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Identifier walsh_2002_s2_c2
Title Triple A Ball
Creator Dina Jacobs, MD; Steven Galetta, MD; Grant Liu, MD; Peter Nelson, MD, PhD
Affiliation (DJ) (SG) (GL) (PM) Philadelphia, PA
Subject Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy; Vasculitis, Central Nervous System; Alzheimer Disease
History An 81-year old female with sub-acute changes in mental status and fuzzy vision. Previous history significant for fall and resulting head trauma and Lyme disease.
Pathology Infiltrates of non-caseating granulomas and eosinophils occluding vessels with destruction vessel walls.
Disease/Diagnosis Granulomatous angiitis and amyloid angiopathy
Clinical VA: 20/100 OD, 20/40 OS; Ocular apraxia and ataxia
Presenting Symptom Visual difficulties; Mental confusion
Neuroimaging MRI
Date 2002
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 28th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2002
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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