| Identifier |
Walsh_2010_s3_c4_mp3 |
| Title |
Up In Orbit: A 51-Year Old Woman with Monocular Visual Loss and Adduction Deficit |
| Creator |
Sashank Prasad, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| Subject |
Neurilemmoma; Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Nerve Compression Syndromes; Oculomotor Nerve Diseases |
| History |
A 51-year old female with a 6-month history of subacute loss of vision OS. |
| Pathology |
Left orbital mass composed of spindle cell neoplasm consistent with schwannoma. |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Schwannoma arising from the inferior division of the left oculomotor nerve causing compressive optic neuropathy |
| Clinical |
VA: 20/40 OS deteriorating to 20/70 OS; RAPD OS |
| Presenting Symptom |
Progressive loss of vision OS |
| Neuroimaging |
MRI |
| Treatment |
Corticosteroids; Surgery |
| Date |
2010-03-07 |
| References |
1. Mehta VS, Singh RV, Misra NK, Choudhary C. Schwannoma of the oculomotor nerve. Br J Neurosurg. 1990; 4:69-72. 2. Netuka D and Benes V. Oculomotor nerve schwannoma. British Journal of Neurosurgery, April 2003; 17:168-173. 3. Ohata K, Takami T, Goto T, Ishibashi K. Schwannoma of the oculomotor nerve. Neurol India 2006; 54:437-439. 4. Shamim MS, Bari ME, Chisti KN, Abbas A. A Child with Intra-orbital Oculomotor Nerve Schwannoma without Neurofibromatosis. Can. J. Neurol. Sci. 2008; 35:528-530. 5. Labit-Bouvier C, Crebassa B, Bouvier C, Landrac-Meyer L, Magan J and Charpin C. Clinicopathologic growth factors in vestibular schwannomas: a morphological and immunohistochemical study of 69 tumours. Acta Otolaryngol 2000; 120:950-954. |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Type |
Sound |
| Source |
42nd Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
Case presented at the NANOS 2010 Walsh Session, March 7 |
| 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 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6kp8517 |
| Contributor Primary |
Prasad, Sashank |
| Contributor Secondary |
Lee, Edward; Fogt, Franz; Gausas, Roberta; Moster, Mark; Galetta, Steven; Liu, Grant |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
179130 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kp8517 |
