Systemic Disorders With Optic Nerve and Retinal Findings

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Identifier 95_41
Title Systemic Disorders With Optic Nerve and Retinal Findings
Creator Larry P. Frohman, MD
Affiliation UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Contributing Institution AAO/NANOS - American Academy of Ophthalmology / North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Subject Optic Nerve Histiocytosis; MRI Orbit; Optic Nerves
Description This 1-year-old child with familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis was readmitted with a fever and was noted to have bilateral blindness. The spinal tap showed a protein of 148, with 178 WBC with 98% ""lymphocytes."" This MRI image demonstrates the optic nerve infiltration. He was treated with radiation therapy, and it was planned that he would undergo bone marrow transplantation. Pair with 95_39 and 95_40.
Date 1999
Date Digital 2004
Language eng
Format image/jpeg
Type Image
Source AAO/NANOS Clinical neuro-ophthalmology : image collection for ophthalmic practitioners. American Academy of Ophthalmology [electronic resource], [San Francisco, Calif.] : AAO, c1999.
Relation is Part of Case 57
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 1999. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6tf2wwm
Setname ehsl_novel_aao_nanos
ID 176852
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf2wwm
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