Identifier |
Kennerdell_case08_s/ppt |
Title |
Schwannoma (Kennerdell Case 8, 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 |
Neurilemmoma; Schwannoma; Exophthalmos; Proptosis; Optic Nerve; Microsurgery |
Description |
History: 18 year old with a left proptosis. Anatomy: Optic Nerve. Clinical: LT Proptosis X 3 months VA R 6/6 1+LAPD L 6/12 H R 13 Lt Disc Edema L 18 Lt Nasal Field Defect. Disease Diagnosis: Neurilemmoma; Schwannoma. Neuroimaging: Normal right Optic Nerve. Edematous left Optic Nerve as the result of compression by the tumor. A large round tumor in the left orbit. A part of the tumor compressing the left Optic Nerve nasally. A large lesion enhancing in the left orbit. The coronal view with enhancement showing the large size of the left orbital schwannoma. Pathology: A gross specimen of the typical schwannoma. A higher pattern of the schwann cells of the schwannoma. Presenting Symptom: Left proptosis. Treatment: Surgical removal of tumor. The post-operative's appearance of the patient three months later with recovery of vision to 20/30 also the improvement of the relative Afferent Pupillary Defect and improvement in his visual field. |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
Type |
Text |
Source |
35mm Kodachrome slide |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: John S. Kennerdell Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Kennerdell/ |
Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s62r3tb8 |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_jsk |
ID |
180123 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62r3tb8 |