54 Year-Old Man with Amaurosis Fugax and Cotton Wool Spots

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Identifier walsh_2009_s3_c1
Title 54 Year-Old Man with Amaurosis Fugax and Cotton Wool Spots
Creator Flora Levin; John Merriam; Hermann Schubert; Ralph Blume; Jeffrey Odel
Affiliation Edward S. Harkenss Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York NY
Subject Amaurosis Fugax; Giant Cell Arteritis; Cryoglobulinemia
History A 54-year old male with transient visual loss OS upon standing up and sparing to the left. Previous history significant pars planitis OS and vitrectomy.
Pathology Necrotizing granulomatous inflammation of temporal arteries
Disease/Diagnosis Occult giant cell arteritis
Clinical VA 20/15 OD, 20/20 OS; Left RAPD; Color plates: 6/6 OD, 4.5/6 OS
Presenting Symptom Transient visual loss OS
Treatment Corticosteroids
Date 2009-02
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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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