Left 6th Nerve Paresis Followed 10 Months Later by Left Optic Nerve Disease

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Identifier walsh_1982_s3_c10
Title Left 6th Nerve Paresis Followed 10 Months Later by Left Optic Nerve Disease
Creator J. S. Lustgarten
Subject Abducens Nerve Diseases; Optic Nerve Diseases; Granuloma; Sarcoidosis; Papilledema
History A 33-year old female with a left CN6 palsy that resolved within four weeks. Past history was unremarkable except for a converted tuberculin test several years earlier; she received a course of isoniazid.
Pathology Disc edema; Peripapillary hemorrhage
Disease/Diagnosis Non-caseating granuloma consistent with sarcoid
Clinical VA: 20/20 OD, 20/40 OS declining to 20/200
Presenting Symptom Blurred vision and deteriorating vision to loss of vision OS
Neuroimaging CT
Treatment Antitubercular agents; Corticosteroids; Surgery
Date 2007-12-04
References N/A
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 14th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of Session 3, Case 10, Walsh Session, NANOS 1982
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/s66h4m66
Contributor Primary Lustgarten, J.S.
Contributor Secondary Mindel, J.S.; Yablonski, M.E.; Friedman, A.H.; Zappulla, R.A.; Rubeinstein, A.E.
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 178150
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66h4m66
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