Horner's Syndrome as Initial Manifestation of a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

Identifier 20150222_nanos_posters_238
Title Horner's Syndrome as Initial Manifestation of a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
Creator Gerard L. Hershewe; Micaela M. Koci; Javier A. Rodriguez; Shayne M. Ahwah; Josh C. Gratwohl; Mia Cozad
Affiliation (GLH) (MMK) (JAR) (SMA) (JCG) (MC) University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA, 2 University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV
Subject Horner's Syndrome; Neurofibromatosis; Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor; Neuroimaging
Description Horner's Syndrome may be the rare presenting manifestation of an occult malignancy. In a previous study, 13% of 450 patients presenting with Horner's Syndrome had tumors, but only 3% had undetected malignancies. This case illustrates a patient who presented with Horner's Syndrome several months prior to his neuroimaging studies and diagnosis.
Date 2015-02-22
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2015 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2015: Poster Presentations
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 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 184628
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tb4drr