Occipital Pyogenic Abscess with Homonymous Hemianopia

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Identifier Occipital Pyogenic Abscess with Homonymous Hemianopia.pdf
Title Occipital Pyogenic Abscess with Homonymous Hemianopia
Creator Rabih Hage, MD; Valérie Biousse, MD
Affiliation (RH) Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, Georgia; (VB) Cyrus H. Stoner Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Subject Occipital Pyogenic Abscess; Homonymous Hemianopia; Macular Sparing
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
Date 2015
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - The Emory Eye Center Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/eec/
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 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_eec
ID 177402
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d53jg0
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