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A Wrong Turn at the Angle (abstract) | Erica Archer; Jonathan Trobe; Hemant Parmar; Mohannad Ibrahim; Paul McKeever; Thomas Giordano | A 54-year-old woman developed numbness of the right jaw and right side of the tongue. She attributed her symptomatology to recent dental work, but when dental examination, including dental x-rays, failed to reveal an answer, she underwent brain MRI. |
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A Diagnostic Potpourri (abstract) | Padmaja Sudhakar; Robert Lightfoot; Douglas Lukins; Dianne Wilson | A 63 yr. old incarcerated man with history of diabetes, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (on hydroxychloroquine, sulfasalazine and prednisone 7 mg), cutaneous lupus and Hepatitis C presented with sudden painless vision loss of the left eye without headache or symptoms of temporal arteritis. V... |
228 |
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Island Fever (abstract) | Laura Hanson; Judith Warner; Alison Crum; Bradley Katz; Kathleen Digre | A 22 year-old male paralegal in the military presented with double and blurred vision. One month ago, he had traveled to Hawai'i for a wedding. Two weeks ago, he had been evaluated for an acute onset of fever, headache, emesis, light sensitivity and neck stiffness. |
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Not Surprised Surprise (abstract) | Yu Zhao; Joshua Pasol; Sander Dubovy; Byron Lam | A 68-year-old Hispanic woman presented to our emergency department with significant vision loss OS for 1 week. A month ago, she was evaluated locally for mild blurry vision OS, and corrected acuity was 20/30 OD, 20/40 OS. She was diagnosed with cataracts and epiretinal membrane OD. Medical history i... |
230 |
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Strike a Chord (abstract) | Anastasia Neufeld; Kathleen Digre; Cheryl Palmer; H. Christian Davidson; Alison Crum; Bradley Katz; Judith Warner | A 26 year old woman presented in August 2016 with migraine over the last 4 years, getting worse over the last 2 weeks. She reported occasional 'glittering' in her vision in both eyes. She had no constitutional symptoms. Her past medical history included migraine, idiopathic leukocytosis, and nephrol... |
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Island Fever (slideshow) | Laura Hanson; Judith Warner; Alison Crum; Bradley Katz; Kathleen Digre | A 22 year-old male paralegal in the military presented with double and blurred vision. One month ago, he had traveled to Hawai'i for a wedding. Two weeks ago, he had been evaluated for an acute onset of fever, headache, emesis, light sensitivity and neck stiffness. |
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Not Surprised Surprise (slideshow) | Yu Zhao; Joshua Pasol; Sander Dubovy; Byron Lam | A 68-year-old Hispanic woman presented to our emergency department with significant vision loss OS for 1 week. A month ago, she was evaluated locally for mild blurry vision OS, and corrected acuity was 20/30 OD, 20/40 OS. She was diagnosed with cataracts and epiretinal membrane OD. Medical history i... |
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Strike a Chord (slideshow) | Anastasia Neufeld; Kathleen Digre; Cheryl Palmer; H. Christian Davidson; Alison Crum; Bradley Katz; Judith Warner | A 26 year old woman presented in August 2016 with migraine over the last 4 years, getting worse over the last 2 weeks. She reported occasional 'glittering' in her vision in both eyes. She had no constitutional symptoms. Her past medical history included migraine, idiopathic leukocytosis, and nephrol... |
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A Wrong Turn at the Angle (slideshow) | Erica Archer; Jonathan Trobe; Hemant Parmar; Mohannad Ibrahim; Paul McKeever; Thomas Giordano | A 54-year-old woman developed numbness of the right jaw and right side of the tongue. She attributed her symptomatology to recent dental work, but when dental examination, including dental x-rays, failed to reveal an answer, she underwent brain MRI. |
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A Diagnostic Potpourri (slideshow) | Padmaja Sudhakar; Robert Lightfoot; Douglas Lukins; Dianne Wilson | A 63 yr. old incarcerated man with history of diabetes, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (on hydroxychloroquine, sulfasalazine and prednisone 7 mg), cutaneous lupus and Hepatitis C presented with sudden painless vision loss of the left eye without headache or symptoms of temporal arteritis. V... |
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Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! (slideshow) | Larissa Ghadiali; Danlin Mao; Gul Moonis; Adam Sonabend; Catherine Shu; Terri Kreisl; Esther Coronel; Jeffrey Odel | A 79 year-old female s/p resection of a right CPA meningioma in 1998 noted sudden painless visual loss OD on 6-12-2016. Two days later examination revealed 20/150 vision OD, a right RAPD, and an otherwise normal ophthalmic exam. |
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Nonchalant Midterm-taker Develops Altered Mental Status (abstract) | Shira Simon; Bruno Policeni; Matthew Thurtell | A 19 year-old female presented in April 2016 with two weeks of worsening headaches, malaise, left-hand weakness, and confusion. Symptoms started during a trip to Cancun and one week after visiting a friend with mumps. Although she was becoming increasingly lethargic, she refused to seek medical atte... |
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Alcohol is Never the Answer, but it Does Make You Forget the Question (abstract) | Ali Saber Tehrani; Diana Londono; Thomas Rashid; Manuel Doria; Julia Biernot; Jorge Kattah | A 63-year old male with a history of alcohol abuse presented with two weeks of confusion and imbalance. On exam, he had left beating nystagmus on left gaze, and right beating and torsional nystagmus on right gaze. Head impulse test was abnormal in all canals bilaterally with video head impulse test ... |
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Keep Your Eye On the Ball (abstract) | Danielle Rudich; Eugenia Vining; Kenneth Allen; Joel Geffin; Mena Mansour; Robert Lesser | In March 2014, an 82-year-old male developed left sided facial pain and numbness over his left temple and periorbital region. He was treated for a presumed dental infection with no response. MRI brain in July 2014; showed only microvascular white matter changes. |
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M.I.A. (abstract) | Julie DeBacker; Janet Rucker; Josef Gutman; Heather Lau; Laura Balcer; Steven Galetta | A 69-year-old man presented with a several year history of vertical double vision. At age 46, he presented with a two year history of imbalance, four year history of urinary urgency/frequency, and a six-month history of leg numbness and tingling. |
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The Sound of Hoofbeats (abstract) | Lilangi Ediriwickrema; Neil Miller; Thomas Bosley | A 42-year-old woman with a recurrent cerebral malignant glioma in the left frontal lobe on clinical trial presented with blurry vision in her right eye 6 days after undergoing sinus surgery for paranasal inflammatory changes. She presented approximately 1 month after the sixth cycle of systemic ster... |
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It Must Be Voodoo... and he was Far from Spineless (abstract) | Norah Sydney Lincoff; Charles Chung; Lucia Balos | A 35 yo legally blind gentleman was referred for evaluation because of neck and new lower back pain. His visual; loss began 4 years prior, following a trip to 'N'Orleans'. He had been on a 'Boys Trip' for 10 days, and had been cursed with Voodoo for not paying a cemetery tour guide as promised. |
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It Must Be Voodoo... and he was Far from Spineless (slideshow) | Norah Sydney Lincoff; Charles Chung; Lucia Balos | A 35 yo legally blind gentleman was referred for evaluation because of neck and new lower back pain. His visual; loss began 4 years prior, following a trip to 'N'Orleans'. He had been on a 'Boys Trip' for 10 days, and had been cursed with Voodoo for not paying a cemetery tour guide as promised. |
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Alcohol is Never the Answer, but it Does Make You Forget the Question (slideshow) | Ali Saber Tehrani; Diana Londono; Thomas Rashid; Manuel Doria; Julia Biernot; Jorge Kattah | A 63-year old male with a history of alcohol abuse presented with two weeks of confusion and imbalance. On exam, he had left beating nystagmus on left gaze, and right beating and torsional nystagmus on right gaze. Head impulse test was abnormal in all canals bilaterally with video head impulse test ... |
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Nonchalant Midterm-taker Develops Altered Mental Status (slideshow) | Shira Simon; Bruno Policeni; Matthew Thurtell | A 19 year-old female presented in April 2016 with two weeks of worsening headaches, malaise, left-hand weakness, and confusion. Symptoms started during a trip to Cancun and one week after visiting a friend with mumps. Although she was becoming increasingly lethargic, she refused to seek medical atte... |
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M.I.A. (slideshow) | Julie DeBacker; Janet Rucker; Josef Gutman; Heather Lau; Laura Balcer; Steven Galetta | A 69-year-old man presented with a several year history of vertical double vision. At age 46, he presented with a two year history of imbalance, four year history of urinary urgency/frequency, and a six-month history of leg numbness and tingling. |
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Keep Your Eye On the Ball (slideshow) | Danielle Rudich; Eugenia Vining; Kenneth Allen; Joel Geffin; Mena Mansour; Robert Lesser | In March 2014, an 82-year-old male developed left sided facial pain and numbness over his left temple and periorbital region. He was treated for a presumed dental infection with no response. MRI brain in July 2014; showed only microvascular white matter changes. |
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The Sound of Hoofbeats (slideshow) | Lilangi Ediriwickrema; Neil Miller; Thomas Bosley | A 42-year-old woman with a recurrent cerebral malignant glioma in the left frontal lobe on clinical trial presented with blurry vision in her right eye 6 days after undergoing sinus surgery for paranasal inflammatory changes. She presented approximately 1 month after the sixth cycle of systemic ster... |
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Looking for a Drop of Porcelain - Video | Shannon J. Beres; Grant T. Liu | A 4 year old healthy boy presented with severe headache. A right subdural hygroma was seen on brain MRI and CSF evaluation showed a leukocytosis with elevated protein. A week later he developed left leg weakness and a repeat brain MRI showed progressive leptomeningeal enhancement and new punctate in... |
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Heart of Darkness - Video | Shira Simon; Shiraaz I. Rahman; John C. Heymann; Bahram Rahmani; Nicholas J. Volpe | An 18 year-old woman presented to the emergency department in October 2014 with three days of blurred vision in her left eye. Past medical history included a hypoplastic right heart status-post orthotopic heart transplant at 2 months of age, chronic kidney disease with BK viremia since 12 years of a... |