MRI Findings in Giant Cell Arteritis

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Identifier MRI_findings_in_Giant_Cell_Arteritis_EEC
Title MRI Findings in Giant Cell Arteritis
Creator Wael A. Alsakran, MD; Andre Aung, MD; Valérie Biousse, MD
Affiliation (WAA) Neuro-ophthalmology Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology; (AA) Neuro-ophthalmology Fellow; Department of Ophthalmology; (VB) Cyrus H. Stoner Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Subject Giant Cell Arteritis; Imaging
Description Case 1. An 80-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a 10-day history of headaches, intermittent binocular diplopia, and jaw pain. Temporal artery biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. MRI with contrast showed enhancement of bilateral optic nerve sheaths in addition to enhancement of the orbital fat. Case 2. A 70-year-old Caucasian man presented with a one-month history of blurred vision in both eyes that progressed to tunnel-vision, associated with jaw claudication and temporal tenderness. MRI with contrast showed enhancement of bilateral optic nerve sheaths.
Date 2022
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: The Emory Eye Center Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/eec/
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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Setname ehsl_novel_eec
ID 1931484
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s693rvq9
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