Raise Your Grade Point Average

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Identifier walsh_2013_s4_c1-2
Title Raise Your Grade Point Average
Creator Hilary M. Grabe, Jeffrey L. Myers, Douglas J. Quint, Victor M. Elner, Jonathan Daniel Trobe MD, Michigan University
History Two years earlier, he had had persistent hearing loss in the left ear attributed elsewhere to infection. One year later, he developed left facial weakness diagnosed as Bell's palsy, treated with corticosteroids without recovery. A few months later, he became hoarse and had difficulty swallowing.
Pathology Diagnosis is granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), previously known as Wegener's granulomatosis. It caused scleritis and secondary globe rupture, the nasopharyngeal/intracranial mass with mononeuritis multiplex (cranial nerves 7-11), and lung lesions.
Disease/Diagnosis Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's granulomatosis)
Clinical Neurologic examination disclosed left hypesthesia of all three trigeminal divisions, left facial weakness, left neurosensory hearing loss, and left sternocleidomastoid and trapezius weakness.
Presenting Symptom A cocaine-abusing 51 year-old man complained in May 2012 of left eye decreased vision and pain for several months.
Neuroimaging CT Scan; MRI
Treatment Prednisone; Rituximab
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/s6cv7fb2
Contributor Primary Thurtell, Matthew J
Contributor Secondary Van Stavern, Gregory P
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 179241
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cv7fb2
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