Identifier |
Occipital Pyogenic Abscess with Homonymous Hemianopia.pdf |
Title |
Occipital Pyogenic Abscess with Homonymous Hemianopia |
Subject |
occipital pyogenic abscess, homonymous hemianopia, macular sparing |
Creator |
Rabih Hage, MD, Emory Eye Center Atlanta Georgia; Valérie Biousse, MD Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine |
Description |
This is a case of right occipital abscess with a left homonymous hemianopia. Number of Figures and legend for each: 8 figures Figure 1: Humphrey visual fields: Dense left homonymous hemianopia Figure 2: T2-weighted axial MRI : Round, hyperintense lesion (yellow arrow) in the right occipital lobe surrounded by edema Figure 3: T2-weighted axial MRI : The lesion is surrounded by cerebral vasogenic edema T1-weighted axial brain MRI without contrast Figure 4 : T1-weighted axial brain MRI with contrast: Peripheral ring enhancement of the lesion in the right occipital lobe Figure 5: DWI and ADC MRI: The lesion demonstrates restriction on diffusion weighted imaging (left; yellow arrow) with corresponding decreased signal on apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) imaging (right; red arrow), suggesting a cerebral abscess Figure 6: Post-operative T1-weighted MRI with (right) and without (left) contrast showing show the limits of the craniotomy Figure 7: Post operative Goldmann visual fields showing dramatic improvement of visual fields post operatively |
Contributor Primary |
Rabih Hage, MD |
Contributor Secondary |
Valerie Biousse, MD |
Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Date |
2015 |
Type |
Text; Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2015. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
Holding Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Language |
eng |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6d53jg0 |
Format Creation |
Created in Microsoft PowerPoint |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_eec |
Date Created |
2015-04-06 |
Date Modified |
2018-01-22 |
ID |
177402 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d53jg0 |