Sacramentum Gladiatorium

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Identifier walsh_2013_s3_c1-2
Title Sacramentum Gladiatorium
Creator Michael S. Vaphiades, MD, University of Alabama, Jennifer Doyle
Subject Optic Nerve; Headaches; Giant Cell Arteritis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Sphenoid Sinusitis
History Medical history includes hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
Pathology Culture showed abundant methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus.
Disease/Diagnosis Sphenoid sinus mucocele induced optic neuropathy (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus)
Clinical Visual acuity is 20/30 OD and no light perception OS. Color vision is 4 of 8 OD and 0 of 8 plates OS. Confrontational fields are full in the right and nonplottable OS. Pupils measure 7mm in each eye with 2+reactivity in the right and no reactivity in the left with greater than 1.2 Log RAPD OD. She has decreased temporal artery upstroke bilaterally.
Presenting Symptom An 84-year-old woman who noted a headache for 2 weeks and a one day history visual loss OS.
Neuroimaging MRI
Treatment Clindamycin; Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim
Date 2013-02-10
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Source 45th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 2013 Walsh Session, February 10
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 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s61k27dq
Contributor Primary Bhatti, M Tariq
Contributor Secondary Thurtell, Matthew J
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 179236
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61k27dq
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