Cerebral Metastasis Presenting with Altitudinal Field Defect

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 1999, Volume 19, Issue 1
Date 1999-03
Language eng
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Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 224963
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hm8fhh

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Title Cerebral Metastasis Presenting with Altitudinal Field Defect
Creator Newsom, RS; Simcock, P; Zambarakji, H
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Abstract A 75-year-old man presented with a unilateral inferior altitudinal visual field defect and a history of weight loss and night sweats. The acuity in the affected eye was 20/200, otherwise his ocular examination was normal. Neuroimaging demonstrated a post-fixed chiasm, with a frontal metastasis compressing the intracerebral portion of the optic nerve. A chest x-ray showed classical cannon ball lesions, secondary to malignant melanoma. This is the first case report of an intracerebral tumor producing an inferior altitudinal field defect.
Subject Older people; Brain Neoplasms/radiography; Brain Neoplasms/radiotherapy; Brain Neoplasms/secondary; Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use; Hemianopsia/drug therapy; Hemianopsia/etiology; Humans; Lung Neoplasms/pathology; Lung Neoplasms/radiography; Lung Neoplasms/radiotherapy; Male; Melanoma/radiography; Melanoma/radiotherapy; Melanoma/secondary; Nerve Compression Syndromes/drug therapy; Nerve Compression Syndromes/etiology; Optic Nerve Diseases/drug therapy; Optic Nerve Diseases/etiology; Perimetry; Radiography, Thoracic; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Visual Acuity; Visual Fields
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Format application/pdf
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 224948
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hm8fhh/224948
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