Optic Neuropathies

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Identifier 97_26
Title Optic Neuropathies
Creator Daniel M. Jacobson MD
Affiliation Departments of Neurosciences and Ophthalmology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin
Contributing Institution AAO/NANOS - American Academy of Ophthalmology / North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Subject Optic Neuropathy with Retinopathies
Description This 34-year-old otherwise-healthy woman was referred for a neuro-ophthalmologic consultation for unexplained loss of vision OD following head trauma. Two months earlier, she was involved in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in a closed head injury complicated by a spontaneously resolving small subdural hematoma. While in the hospital, she complained of blurred vision, and an ophthalmologic evaluation revealed visual acuity of 20/20 in both eyes and a small preretinal hemorrhage above the fovea in her left eye. She was treated conservatively and did well without any neurological sequelae. While vacationing the Hawaii, she experienced painless loss of central vision in her right eye. At the time of referral, 2 weeks later, her visual acuity was 20/40 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye, and her macula showed lesions consistent with acute macular neuroretinopathy. These lesions eventually faded after several months and her acuity recovered to 20/20 in both eyes. Pair with 97_25, 97_27, and 97_28.
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 101
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/s6fr2w7s
Setname ehsl_novel_aao_nanos
ID 176940
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fr2w7s
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