Homonymous Hemianopia in a Young Woman

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Identifier walsh_1996_s3_c5
Title Homonymous Hemianopia in a Young Woman
Creator Deborah I. Friedman, MD, MPH, Professor, Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern
Subject Hemianopsia; Dysarthria; Multiple Sclerosis; Paresis
History A 21-year old female with a right homonymous hemianopia.
Pathology Myelin loss; Perivascular axons; Astrocytic proliferation; Perivascular lymphocytic infiltration anterior to the thalamus with myelin loss and astrocytic proliferation.
Disease/Diagnosis Multiple Sclerosis
Clinical Complete hemianopia OD
Presenting Symptom Visual disturbances; Right hemiparesis; Numbness of the right arm and leg
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Corticosteroids
Date 1996
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 22nd Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 1996 Walsh Session, February 10-11
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 84112-6983
Rights Management Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s65m68fp
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 177949
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65m68fp
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