The Pale Nerve in Apert's Syndrome

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Identifier walsh_1991_s5_c3
Title The Pale Nerve in Apert's Syndrome
Creator Mark S. Borchert, MD; Alfredo Sadun, MD
Affiliation (MSB) (AS) Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Subject Acrocephalosyndactylia; Optic Atrophy; Exotropia; Septo-Optic Dysplasia
History An 82-day old girl was referred for evaluation. Born at 31 weeks gestation, weight 1910 gram. Marked midfacial hypoplasia, syndactyly, patent ductus arteriosus, and ventricular septal defect Dx: Apert's syndrome.
Pathology Reduced number of retinal ganglion cells
Disease/Diagnosis Optic nerve hypoplasia associated with Apert syndrome
Clinical Small optic nerves; Enlarged lateral ventricles
Presenting Symptom Abnormal optic nerves
Neuroimaging CT
Treatment N/A
Date 1991
References Attached
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 18th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 1991 Walsh Session,February 21-23
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6t156cm
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 177797
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t156cm
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