| Identifier |
walsh_2006_s4_c4 |
| Title |
A Tale As Old As Time |
| Creator |
G. Moazami, MD |
| Affiliation |
New York |
| Subject |
Giant Cell Arteritis; Blindness; Aortic Aneurysm |
| History |
A 78-year old male with a 2-month history of progressive blurred vision OD. Three months prior to presentation, diffuse right-sided headaches with episodes of dimming vision OD lasting seconds to hours. |
| Pathology |
Intimal scarring and varied adventitial inflammation consistent with giant cell arteritis. |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Giant cell arteritis |
| Clinical |
VA: Best-corrected, 20/40 OD, 20/25 OS; Moderate nuclear sclerosis OD OS with pseudo-exfoliation; Tension applanation: 20 OD, 18 OS. Color plates: No test plate OD and test plates only OS |
| Presenting Symptom |
Progressive blurred vision OD |
| Treatment |
Corticosteroids; Surgery |
| Date |
2006 |
| References |
1. Gonzalez-Gay MA, Rubiera G, Pinerior A et al. Ischemic Heart Disease in Patients from Northwest Spain with Biopsy Proven Giant cell Ateritis. A Population Study. The Journal Of Rheumatology 2005: 32 502-506 2. Nordborg E and Nordborg C. Giant Cell Arteritis: Strategies in Diagnosis and Treatment. Current Option in Rheumatology 2004: 16 25-30 3. Golzaled-Gay MA, Garcia-Porrua C and Llorca J et al. Visual Manifestations of Giant Cell Arteritis: Trends and linical Spectrum in 161 Patients. Medicine 2000; 9 283-292 4. Danesh-Meyer H, Savino P and Gamble G. Poor Prognosis of Visual Outcome After Visual Loss from Giant Cell Arteritis. Ophthalmology 2005: 112 1098-1103 5. Goletta S. Vasculitis In: Walsh and Hoy's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2005: 2365 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
32nd Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, 2006 Frank B. Walsh Session |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2006 |
| 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 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s66w9ds1 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
178057 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66w9ds1 |
