Metastatic Carcinoid Tumor Invading The Lateral Rectus Muscle And Compressing The Optic Nerve

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Identifier 20140304_nanos_posters_094
Title Metastatic Carcinoid Tumor Invading The Lateral Rectus Muscle And Compressing The Optic Nerve
Creator David B. Lazar; Neel M. Kumar; Usman Rahim; Adham B. al-Hariri
Affiliation (DBL) (NMK) Department of Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans , LA; (DBL) (ABAH) Department of Ophthalmology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA; (UR) Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
Subject Carcinoid; Neuroendocrine Tumor; Gastrointestinal Tract; Orbit Metastasis; Right Lateral Orbitotomy
Description Carcinoid is a slow-growing neuroendocrine tumor that typically arises in the gastrointestinal tract. Metastasis to the orbit can involve the extraocular muscles, yet rarely presents with compressive optic neuropathy.
Date 2014-03-04
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2014 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2014: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6wq39jv
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 183923
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wq39jv
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