Epidermal Cyst (Kennerdell Case 35, PPT)

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Identifier Kennerdell_case35_ec.ppt
Title Epidermal Cyst (Kennerdell Case 35, PPT)
Creator John S. Kennerdell, MD (1935-2017)
Affiliation Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Subject Proptosis; Exophthalmos; Orbit; Epidermal Cyst; Ultrasonography; Tomography, X-ray Computed; Microsurgery
Description History: A 52-year-old woman who presented with proptosis of the left eye for approximately one year without discomfort and no visual loss. Anatomy: Orbit. Clinical: No discomfort or visual loss; 5 mm right proptosis. Disease Diagnosis: Epidermal cyst. Pathology: Chronic inflammatory appearance of the epidermal cyst. A higher magnification of the chronic inflammatory cells associated with the epidermal cyst. Presenting Symptom: Proptosis of the left eye. Neuroimaging: Ultrasound with the beam coming from left to right showing the posterior globe and a somewhat irregular lesion of a rather dense, but irregular consistency temporal to the globe. CT scan with a rounded lesion posterior to the right globe with a defect in the posterior lateral wall of the orbit. posterior coronal orbital CT scan showing the defect in the posterior portion of the right orbit. Treatment: Surgical removal of cyst.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Source 35mm Kodachrome slide
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: John S. Kennerdell Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Kennerdell/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s60v8fgt
Setname ehsl_novel_jsk
ID 180108
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60v8fgt
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