Optic Nerve Calcification After Trauma

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2004, Volume 24, Issue 4
Date 2004-12
Language eng
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Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xq0b1q

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Title Optic Nerve Calcification After Trauma
Creator Crompton, JL; O'Day, J; Hassan, A
Affiliation Neuro-ophthalmology Service (JLC), Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia. jlcrompton@internode.on.net
Abstract Two patients with remote histories of severe optic nerve trauma displayed profound intraorbital optic nerve calcification on imaging studies. The presumed mechanism is optic nerve hemorrhage. Although calcification is known to occur long after brain hemorrhage, no comparable cases have been previously reported.
Subject Adult; Older people; Older people, 80 and over; Calcinosis/etiology; Humans; Male; Optic Nerve Diseases/etiology; Optic Nerve Diseases/pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods; Wounds and Injuries/complications; Wounds and Injuries/pathology
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Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
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ID 225331
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xq0b1q/225331