| Identifier |
walsh_2002_s3_c2 |
| Title |
Rapidly Progressive Visual Loss |
| Creator |
Alizai, Adeela M. |
| Subject |
Prion Diseases; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome; Diabetic Retinopathy; Hemianopsia; Blindness, Cortical |
| History |
An 84-year old man with a 3 month history of progressive loss of vision. Previous history significant for hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, TIA, PVD and ischemic heart disease. |
| Pathology |
Spongiosis and gliosis in the right occipital lobe. |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Heidenhain variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| Clinical |
VA: 20/50 OD, 20/40 OS declining to HM OU |
| Presenting Symptom |
Progressive loss of vision OU |
| Neuroimaging |
MRI |
| Treatment |
N/A |
| Date |
2002 |
| References |
1. P. Demamareal, MD, L Heiner, MD et al. Diffusion weighted MRI in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Neurology:52:205-208;1999. 2. Itsuki Jibiki, Toshinobu Fukushima et al. Utility of 123 I-IMP SPECT brain scans for the early detection of site specific abnormalities in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (Heidenhain type): A case study. Neuropsychobiology 1994; 29: 117-119. 3. Stefan Kropp MD, Walter Schultz MD. The Heidenhain variant of CJD. Archives of Neurology 1999; 56: 55-61. 4. Dina A. Jacobs MD, Robert Lesser MD, Zissimos Mourelatos MD, Steven G. Galetta MD et al. The Heidenhain variant of CJD: Clinical, Pathologic and Neuroimaging findings. Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology 21(2), 2001; 99-102. |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
28th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM |
| Relation is Part of |
Case 2, Session III, Walsh Session, NANOS 2002 |
| Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
| Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Holding Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6nz8bc5 |
| Contributor Primary |
Alizai, Adeela M. |
| Contributor Secondary |
Cornblath, Wayne, T.; Trobe, Jonathan, D.; Linabery, Linferd, G. |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
177682 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nz8bc5 |
