All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go

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Identifier walsh_2009_s4_c4
Title All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go
Creator Melissa Ko; Peter Turkeltaub; Edward Lee; Nicholas Gonatas; Nicholas Volpe; Mark Moster; Steven Galetta
Affiliation (MK) SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; (PT) (EL) (NG) (NV) (SG) University of Pennsylvania/Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA; (MM) Albert Einstein Medical Center/Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Subject Papilledema; Pupil Disorders; Diplopia; Nerve Tissue Proteins; Intracranial Hypertension; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial; Hydrocephalus
History A 24-year-old man with a 3-day history of headache and vomiting followed by diplopia, facial weakness and seizures.
Pathology GFAP-expressing cells embedded with reactive subdural arachnoid tissue.
Disease/Diagnosis Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis
Clinical VA: 20/20 OU declining to HM at 6' OD, 20/50 OS
Presenting Symptom Headache; Vomiting; Diplopia; Facial weakness; Seizures
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Surgery; IV steroids; Alkylating antineoplastic agents
Date 2009-02
References 1. Yomo, S., et al., A case report and review of the literature. J Neurooncol, 81 (2): p. 209-1 6, 2007. 2.Dorner, L., et al., Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis in a 2-year-old girl. Surg Neurol, 2008. 3. Beauchesne, P., et al., Aggressive treatment with complete remission in primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis - a case report. J Neurooncol, 37(2): p. 161-7, 1998.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 41st Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2009
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 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qf8wp8
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