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Identifier walsh_2015_s3_c5-1
Title Lights Out
Creator John J. Brinkley; John J. Chen; Patricia A. Kirby; Reid A. Longmuir; Matthew J. Thurtell
Affiliation (JJB) Eye Associates of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM; (JJC) Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN; (PAK) (RAL) (MJT) The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Subject Binocular Vision Loss, Optic Atrophy, Optic Neuropathy, Intracranial Tumors
History A 78 year-old man presented with a one-month history of progressive painless binocular vision loss. He had sustained head trauma without loss of consciousness three days prior to the onset of vision loss. On the morning of his presentation to us, he had awoken with complete binocular vision loss and had been started on oral prednisone (70 mg daily) by his local eye care provider. He denied symptoms of giant cell arteritis. His past medical history was remarkable for hypertension, diabetes, and a distant history of prostate cancer that was thought to be in remission. Neurologic review of systems was unremarkable. Examination revealed no light perception OU. The pupils were dilated and minimally reactive to light. There was no RAPD. Intraocular pressures were within normal limits OU. Extraocular movements were full OU. Anterior segment examination revealed pseudophakia OU. Dilated funduscopic examination revealed diffuse optic atrophy OU. Neurologic examination was unremarkable.
Disease/Diagnosis Multicentric glioblastoma multiforme involving the optic chiasm
Date 2015-02
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Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Source 47th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2015
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 2015. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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