F2b09 Optic Disc Swelling from Malignant Optic Nerve Glioma

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Identifier F2b_09
Title F2b09 Optic Disc Swelling from Malignant Optic Nerve Glioma
Creator William F. Hoyt, MD
Affiliation (WFH) Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, California
Subject Disc Swelling; Neoplastic Papillopathy; Optic Nerve Gliomas; Glioma
Description Malignant optic nerve glioma of adulthood with blindness and optic disc edema. Right image shows white material extruded from the swollen optic disc. This material is myelin being squeezed into the eye from the nerve infarction. Autopsy specimen of this eye shown in F2b_10. Reference: Hoyt WF, Meshel LG, Lessell S, Schatz NJ, Suckling RD. Malignant optic glioma of adulthood. Brain. 1973;96(1):121-32. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Optic nerve glioma. Disease/ Diagnosis: Optic nerve swelling secondary to retrobulbar optic glioma.
Date 1971
References Hoyt WF, Meshel LG, Lessell S, Schatz NJ, Suckling RD. Malignant optic glioma of adulthood. Brain. 1973;96(1):121-32.
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Scanned at 2700 ppi on Nikon LS2000 and Nikon 8000 film scanners
Type Image
Source 35mm Kodachrome slide; F2b_09
Relation is Part of is part of: group F2b
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: William F. Hoyt Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Hoyt/
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 1960. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s60g6gnx
Setname ehsl_novel_wfh
ID 189486
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g6gnx
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