Identifier |
19850308_nanos_sciplatform3_06 |
Title |
Temporal Arteritis with an Orbital Mass |
Creator |
Alfredo A. Sadun; Craig H. Smith |
Affiliation |
(AAS) Flora L. Thornton Chair, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC |
Subject |
Temporal Arteritis; Orbital Mass; Sudden Vision Loss; CRAO; Temporal Artery Biopsy; Myositis |
Description |
A 70-year-old white woman presented to her ophthalmologist with sudden loss of vision OS. His examination revealed visual acuity to be 20/25 OD and NLP OS, and an amaurotic pupil OS. Her sed rate was 34. The patient was thought to have a CRAO and was admitted for a workup which included: medical consult, non-invasive carotid testing, cerebral angiography, and temporal artery biopsy. Other than showing mild atherosclerosis, the results were all negative. She was discharged on aspirin and persantine. |
Date |
1985-03-08 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
1985 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
NANOS 1985: Scientific Platform Presentation (Session 3) |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/ |
Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 1985. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6ms70hd |
Context URL |
The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/ |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
ID |
183631 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ms70hd |