Painful Ophthalmoplegia in a 74 Year Old Female

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Identifier walsh_1992_s4_c2
Title Painful Ophthalmoplegia in a 74 Year Old Female
Creator James L. Johnston Jr.
Subject Ophthalmoplegia; Abducens Nerve Diseases; Mucormycosis; Ocular Motility Disorders
History A 74-year old female with diplopia worse on left gaze and accompanying retro-orbital pain OS.
Pathology Broad, non-septate hyphae with right angle branching in sphenoid sinus.
Disease/Diagnosis Rhinocerebral mucormycosis
Clinical Normal visual acuity and color vision; Exophthalmometry: 21 OD, 20 OS
Presenting Symptom Diplopia; Retro-orbital pain OS
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Corticosteroids; IV antifungal agents
Date 1992-02-29
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1992 Walsh Proceedings
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 1992 Walsh Session, February 27-29
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/s6hd7zcg
Contributor Primary Johnston, James L. Jr.
Contributor Secondary Sherman, Michael L.; Fratkin, Jonathan D.; Kaufman, David I.
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 177838
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd7zcg
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