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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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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... |
153 |
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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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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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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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Pseudo-Pseudotumor Cerebri (radiology) | Valerie Biousse; Jose Velázquez Vega; Amit Saindane; Nancy Newman | A 54-yo man presented with a 10-month history of daily headaches and bilateral disc edema. PMHx was remarkable for uncomplicated type-2 diabetes mellitus, and hypothyroidism. He developed headaches in 07/2014 after being stung by wasps. |
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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... |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pseudo-Pseudotumor Cerebri (slideshow) | Valerie Biousse; Jose Velázquez Vega; Amit Saindane; Nancy Newman | A 54-yo man presented with a 10-month history of daily headaches and bilateral disc edema. PMHx was remarkable for uncomplicated type-2 diabetes mellitus, and hypothyroidism. He developed headaches in 07/2014 after being stung by wasps. |
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Pseudo-Pseudotumor Cerebri (abstract) | Valerie Biousse; Jose Velázquez Vega; Amit Saindane; Nancy Newman | A 54-yo man presented with a 10-month history of daily headaches and bilateral disc edema. PMHx was remarkable for uncomplicated type-2 diabetes mellitus, and hypothyroidism. He developed headaches in 07/2014 after being stung by wasps. |
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Papilledema Gone Wrong (abstract) | Ahmara Ross; Payal Patel; Jessica Panzer; Grant Liu | A 12 year old obese female with a history of enterovirus meningitis presented with throbbing, constant, 10/10, occipital and positional headaches, associated with diplopia, photophobia, nausea, and vomiting for one week in; the setting of a recent 20 lb. weight gain. Her vision, pupils, fields, and ... |
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Papilledema Gone Wrong (slideshow) | Ahmara Ross; Payal Patel; Jessica Panzer; Grant Liu | A 12 year old obese female with a history of enterovirus meningitis presented with throbbing, constant, 10/10, occipital and positional headaches, associated with diplopia, photophobia, nausea, and vomiting for one week in; the setting of a recent 20 lb. weight gain. Her vision, pupils, fields, and ... |
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Occam Rings True (abstract) | Reid Longmuir; Michael Bradshaw; Taylor Davis; Woon Chow; Laura Craig-Owens; Kim Ely; Katherine McDonell | A 57-year-old, previously healthy man was referred for vision loss in both eyes. Six weeks before our evaluation, he presented to an outside ophthalmologist with 'greying' of the central vision in his right eye that progressed to blindness over a week. |
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Occam Rings True (slideshow) | Reid Longmuir; Michael Bradshaw; Taylor Davis; Woon Chow; Laura Craig-Owens; Kim Ely; Katherine McDonell | A 57-year-old, previously healthy man was referred for vision loss in both eyes. Six weeks before our evaluation, he presented to an outside ophthalmologist with 'greying' of the central vision in his right eye that progressed to blindness over a week. |
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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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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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A 'Frosty' Altered Level of Consciousness (slideshow) | Alaa Bou Ghannam; Emily McCourt; Victoria Pelak; Jeffrey Bennett; Prem Subramanian; David Smits | 15-year-old previously healthy male, transferred because of 9-day history of headache, difficulty walking, diplopia, blurry vision and new onset altered level of consciousness. Neurologic examination was remarkable for delirium; with semi-coherent speech, VA of CF 2ft and 20/400, no APD, and bilater... |
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A 'Frosty' Altered Level of Consciousness (abstract) | Alaa Bou Ghannam; Emily McCourt; Victoria Pelak; Jeffrey Bennett; Prem Subramanian; David Smits | 15-year-old previously healthy male, transferred because of 9-day history of headache, difficulty walking, diplopia, blurry vision and new onset altered level of consciousness. Neurologic examination was remarkable for delirium; with semi-coherent speech, VA of CF 2ft and 20/400, no APD, and bilater... |
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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. |