| Identifier |
walsh_2011_s2_c5 |
| Title |
A Bright Spot Causing Darkness (Presentation Video) |
| Creator |
Thomas Hwang |
| Affiliation |
The Permanente Medical Group - Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA |
| Subject |
Papilledema; Intracranial Hypertension; Ocular Paraneoplastic Syndromes; Blindness; Melanoma; Neoplasm Metastasis; Venous Thrombosis |
| History |
A 20-year old male with a 2-week history of headache and blurred vision. |
| Pathology |
Papilledema; Intracranial hypertension |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Metastatic melanoma causing venous thrombosis and paraneoplastic retinopathy |
| Clinical |
VA: 20/20 OU declining to 20/30 OD, 20/200 OS |
| Presenting Symptom |
Headache; Blurred vision declining to loss of vision |
| Neuroimaging |
MRI; ERG |
| Treatment |
Surgery; Alkylating antineoplastic agents; XRT |
| Date |
2011-02 |
| References |
1. Arneja JS, Gosain AK. Giant congenital melanocytic nevi. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Jul;124(1 Suppl):1e-13e. 2. Bodkin PA, Hassan MF, Kane PJ, Brady N, Whittle IR. 'Surgical' causes of benign intracranial hypertension. J R Soc Med. 2008 May;101(5):259-61. 3. Hill DL, Miller NR, Newman NJ, Biousse V. A patient with headache and increased intracranial pressure. Rev Neurol Dis. 2008 Spring;5(2):90-1. 4. Jayashankar A, Sabourin SM, Mullins ME. AJR teaching file: acute onset headache. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Sep;191(3 Suppl):S25-7. 5. Keltner JL, Thirkill CE, Yip PT. Clinical and immunologic characteristics of melanoma-associated retinopathy syndrome: eleven new cases and a review of 51 previously published cases. J Neuroophthalmol. 2001 Sep;21(3):173-87. 6. Kim AW, T robe JD. Syndrome simulating pseudotumor cerebri caused by partial transverse venous sinus obstruction in metastatic prostate cancer. Am J Ophthalmol. 2000 Feb;129(2):254-6. 7. Lu Y, Jia L, He S, Hurley MC, Leys MJ, Jayasundera T, Heckenlively JR. Melanoma-associated retinopathy: a paraneoplastic autoimmune complication. Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Dec;127(12):1572-80. 8. Powers JM, Schnur JA, Baldree ME. Pseudotumor cerebri due to partial obstruction of the sigmoid sinus by a cholesteatoma. Arch Neurol. 1986 May;43(5):519-21 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
video/mp4 |
| Type |
Image/MovingImage |
| Source |
43rd Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting 2011 |
| 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 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6m90cjx |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
179006 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m90cjx |
