Optic Neuropathies

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Identifier 96_65
Title Optic Neuropathies
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 Neuropathy with Sinus Disease
Description The patient is a 66-year-old man with a history of ethanol abuse. He presented with 3 months of right-sided headache and a few days of progressive visual loss OD to hand motions only. When seen by the orbital service, he had nearly complete ophthalmoplegia and ptosis. Sinus biopsy showed fungus, which led to a subsequent orbital exenteration and therapy with amphotericin B. The exenterated specimen grew Aspergillus fumigatus. Pair with 96_66, 96_67, and 96_68.
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 97
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/s6962h44
Setname ehsl_novel_aao_nanos
ID 176918
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6962h44
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