| Identifier |
Kennerdell_case36_mfh.ppt |
| Title |
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (Kennerdell Case 36, PPT) |
| Creator |
John S. Kennerdell, MD, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Allegheny General Hospital Professor, Ophthalmology, Drexel University |
| Subject |
Proptosis; Exophthalmos; Orbit; Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous; Ultrasonography; Tomography, X-ray Computed; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Microsurgery |
| Presenting Symptom |
Decreasing vision in the right eye; enlarged blind spot on right visual field testing and a 3 mm right proptosis. |
| History |
A 52-year-old man who was referred with an eight month history of decreasing vision in the right eye. Visual acuity in the right eye was 20/20- and the left eye 20/20. He had an enlarged blind spot on right visual field testing and a 3 mm right proptosis. |
| Clinical |
Visual acuity in the right eye was 20/20- and the left eye 20/20. |
| Neuroimaging |
Ultrasound with beam coming from left to right shows the posterior wall of the eye and a cystic lesion in the retrobulbar space immediately behind the eye in a nasal position. Axial CT scan with the irregularly rounded tumor adjacent to the nasal posterior aspect of the right eye in the orbit Axial MRI showing the enhancing tumor that appears to be attached to the posterior nasal right globe. |
| Anatomy |
Orbit |
| Pathology |
The appearance of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma which was previously thought to be a hemangioma. A magnified view of the malignant fibrous histiocytoma cells. Another magnified view of the malignant fibrous histiocytoma cells. |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous |
| Treatment |
Surgical removal of tumor |
| Contributor Primary |
Kennerdell, John S. |
| Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Format Creation |
Scanned at 2700 ppi on Nikon LS2000 and Nikon 8000 film scanners |
| Source |
35mm Kodachrome slide |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| Contributing Institution |
Allegheny General Hospital. Dept. of Ophthalmology; Drexel University. Dept. of Ophthalmology |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E, SLC, UT 84112-5890 |
| Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Ken Rockwell, Associate Librarian, Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s60003s2 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jsk |
| Date Created |
2007-11-28 |
| Date Modified |
2021-05-06 |
| ID |
180116 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60003s2 |
