IIA101 Diffuse Atrophy

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Identifier IIA1_01
Title IIA101 Diffuse Atrophy
Creator William F. Hoyt, MD
Affiliation (WFH) Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, California
Subject Optic Disc Atrophy from Retrobulbar Causes; Retrograde Optic Nerve Degeneration; Severe Atrophy; Pituitary Adenoma; Diffuse Atrophy
Description Primary or retrograde optic atrophy. It occurs from any injury to an optic nerve in the orbit or within the skull. Diffuse optic atrophy and blindness from nerve compression by pituitary tumor. Black woman. 1974. Note that retrograde optic atrophy can be associated with narrowed retinal arterioles in late stages. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Retrograde optic atrophy. Disease/ Diagnosis: Optic atrophy secondary to pituitary tumor. Clinical: Blindness.
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Scanned at 2700 ppi on Nikon LS2000 and Nikon 8000 film scanners
Type Image
Source 35mm Kodachrome slide; 8a-b
Relation is Part of group IIA1
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/s6dn72jf
Setname ehsl_novel_wfh
ID 189684
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dn72jf
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