| Identifier |
walsh_1988_s3_c6 |
| Title |
A 70 Year Old Man with Palinopsia and Visual Field Defect |
| Creator |
Valerie A. Purvin, MD; Jose Bonnin, MD; Julius Goodman, MD |
| Affiliation |
(VP) (JB) (JG) Midwest Eye Institute, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN |
| Subject |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome; Afterimage; Hemianopsia; Scotoma; Hallucinations |
| History |
A 70-year old male with visual disturbances and hallucinations over a 4-week period. |
| Pathology |
Neuronal degeneration; Glial proliferation and spongiform change |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
| Clinical |
VA: 20/50 OU; Left homonymous hemianopic scotoma |
| Neuroimaging |
CT |
| Date |
1988 |
| References |
1. Heidenhain A. Klinische und anatomische Untersuchungen uber eine eigenartige organische erkrankung des zentral nerven systems im praesenium. Z. sen. Neurol. Psychiat. 1928;118:49-114. 2. Meyer A, Leigh D and Bagg CT. A rare presenile dementia associated with cortical blindness (Heidenhain's syndrome). J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1954;17:129-133. 3. Nevin S. On some aspects of cerebral degeneration in later life. Proc R Soc Med. 1967;60:517-526. 4. Mandell A, Alexander M and Carpenter S. Jakob Creutzfeld disease presenting as isolated aphasia. Neurol 1987;37: (Suppl.2), 101. 5. Yamanouchi H, Budka H and Vass K. Unilateral Creutzfeld Jakob disease. Neurol 1986;36:1517-1520. |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
20th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
Case 6, Session 3, Walsh Session, NANOS 1988 |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/index3.html |
| Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-7180 |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s68918n9 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
178165 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68918n9 |
