A Long and Winding Road

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Identifier walsh_2008_s4_c3
Title A Long and Winding Road
Creator Christopher Glisson; Sashank Prasa; Edward Lee; Steven Galetta
Affiliation East Lansing, Michigan; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Subject Optic Nerve Diseases; Sarcoidosis
History A 42-year old male with headache and vision loss OD. Previous history significant for blurred vision OS.
Pathology Optic nerve atrophy with severe fibrosis associated with microglial inflammatory infiltrates.
Disease/Diagnosis Recurrent sarcoid optic neuropathy
Clinical VA: 20/30 OD, NLP OS
Presenting Symptom Headache; Vision loss OD
Neuroimaging MRI
Treatment Chemotherapy; XRT
Date 2008-03
References 1. Frohman LP, Grigorian R, Bielory L. Neuroophthalmic manifestations of sarcoidosis: Clinical spectrum, evaluation and management. J Neuroophthalmol 21:132-137, 2001. 2. Roberti F, Lee HH, Caputy AJ, Katz B. 'Shave' biopsy of the optic nerve in isolated neurosarcoidosis. JNeurosurg Sci 49(2):59-63, 2005. 3. Stern BJ, Krumholz A, Johns C, Scott P, Nissim J. Sarcoidosis and its neurological manifestations. Arch Neurol 42:909-917, 1985.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 40th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of Session 4, Case 3, Walsh Session, NANOS 2008
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 84112-6583
Rights Management Copyright 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fn18zb
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