Progressive Visual Loss, Disc Pallor, Gait Dysfunction, and Declining School Performance

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Identifier walsh_1997_s3_c1
Title Progressive Visual Loss, Disc Pallor, Gait Dysfunction, and Declining School Performance
Creator Martin P. Kolsky, MD; Roger Packer, MD; Jorge Kattah, MD
Affiliation (MPK) (RP) (JK) Washington, DC
Subject Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration; Dystonic Disorders; Hypolipoproteinemias; Optic Atrophy
History A 12-year old male with a several year history of bi-lateral loss of vision, slurred speech, gait disturbance and declining school performance.
Pathology Brown pigmentation of the globus pallidus; Swollen axon fragments consistent with chronic denervation.
Disease/Diagnosis Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome
Clinical VA: 20/80 OD, 20/60 OS declining to 20/200 OD, 20/400 OS
Presenting Symptom Loss of vision; Slurred speech; Gait disturbances
Neuroimaging MRI
Date 1997
References Attached
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 23rd Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 1997
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/s6dz0c2b
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 177978
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dz0c2b
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