| Identifier |
walsh_1999_s1_c4 |
| Title |
A Patient with Dementia, Orbital Inflammation and Loss of Vision |
| Creator |
Hadas Kalish, MD; Daniel Lefton, MD; Mark J. Kupersmith, MD |
| Affiliation |
(HK) (DL) (MJK) Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City, NY |
| Subject |
Vision, Low; Giant Cell Arteritis; Optic Disk Drusen; Dementia |
| History |
A 74-year old female with progressive reduction in vision over a 6-month period OS. Previous history significant for hypertension, mild diabetes and migraine. |
| Pathology |
Inflammation of temporal arteries and adjacent orbital tissues with multinucleated giant cells. |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Temporal Arteritis |
| Clinical |
VA: 20/50 OD, 20/70 OS; Drusen OU |
| Neuroimaging |
MRI |
| Treatment |
Steroids |
| Date |
1999 |
| References |
Attached |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
25th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting 1992 |
| 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/s6hd7zdx |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
178047 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd7zdx |
