The Walsh Society Annual Meeting Archives: Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Walsh Society, which is now part of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association (NANOS) Annual Meeting. Contains records from the first meeting in 1969, through the present.
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A Trip Through the Wormhole | Anne Kao | The patient initially presented to me at age 19 years with a 'throbbing, aching pressure' behind her right eye and swelling of the right upper eyelid. Her pain was worse in lateral gaze, although she denied diplopia. She had been prescribed 60mg of prednisone by the referring provider, which reduced... |
| 102 |
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Not the Rolling Stones | Ari Shemesh; Anthony Brune; Lilja Solnes; Avindra Nath; John Probasco; Daniel Gold | A 68-year-old woman presented to the clinic complaining of "bouncing" vision when waking up at night for one month. Two years ago, she experienced discrete episodes of spinning for seconds provoked by head movements, which resolved spontaneously. Her ocular motor and vestibular exams were normal asi... |
| 103 |
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Go With Your Gut Feeling | Paul Freund; Ari Shemesh; Gabriella Mankovskii; Ana Pejovic-Milic; David Howarth; Edward Margolin | 71 year-old man noticed a "smudge" in his central vision when reading that was gradually progressing over a year. Medical history was significant for one episode of hemorrhagic colitis requiring colectomy 28 years ago diagnosed as Crohn's disease, atrial fibrillation, and congenital dyschromatopsia.... |
| 104 |
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A Zebra Among Zebras (Slides) | Peter Mortensen; Gabrielle Bonhomme | 61-year-old man with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension presented to outside hospital ED with fever, headache, and neck pain. Onset of neck pain was one week prior, with worsening of symptoms following chiropractic manipulation. Patient was evaluated at outpatient clinic one day prior and given Medrol... |
| 105 |
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Fire and Ice | Mary Maher; Joah Aliancy; Gul Moonis; Angela Lignelli; Michael Kazim; Jeffrey Odel | A 14 year-old boy, with ADHD on amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, presented with headache and bilateral decreased vision. Seven days prior, he began experiencing bilateral non-positional frontal headache unresponsive to NSAIDS that did not wake him from sleep. Five days prior, he felt fatigued and ... |
| 106 |
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Don't Drink the Water | Devon Cohen; Muhammad Bhatti; John Chen | A 19-year-old right-handed man presented with a 3 year history of episodic headaches, right hemiparesis, and progressive vision loss OU. Beginning in the fall of 2015, he developed stepwise deterioration in vision OU in association with severe headaches. Initial evaluation at an outside hospital sho... |
| 107 |
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Gee...What's Causing that Pap? - Slides | Susan Mollan; Daniel White; Santhosh Nagaraju; Swarupsinh Chavda; Tom Hayton; Saiju Jacob | A 36 year old woman presented with history of Myasthenia Gravis (MG) since the age of 18. She was known to have dry eyes and hypothyroidism. Past surgical history included a thymectomy (age 23 years). The MG had been difficult to control with past medications including corticosteroids, azathioprine,... |
| 108 |
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Coming to a Rapid Conclusion - Slides | Leanne Stunkel; Namita Sinha; Nathan Kung; Robi Maamari; Cole Ferguson; Sonika Dahiya; George Harocopos; Gregory Van Stavern | A 21-year-old man presented to a retina specialist for 2.5 weeks of painless central vision loss OD. His initial examination was notable for visual acuity 20/200 OD and 20/20 OS. Fundus examination was significant for several macular areas of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) atrophy with associated ... |
| 109 |
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A Can of Worms - Slides | Ali Hamedani; Madhura Tamhankar | A 67 year-old man presented to the ophthalmology clinic with one day of binocular horizontal diplopia. He also complained of one week of bilateral periorbital pain which was worse on the right than the left. Four days prior, he had undergone partial right nephrectomy for grade II papillary renal cel... |
| 110 |
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A Tough Nut to Crack! - Slides | Lauren Maloley; Sachin Kedar; Deepta Ghate; Dominick DiMaio; Jason Helvey; Sachin Kedar | A 47-year-old previously healthy female was transferred to our facility when she developed left abducens nerve palsy during treatment of intractable sinusitis. Two weeks prior to presentation, she developed headache and sinus congestion. She was treated with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and prednison... |
| 111 |
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Cold Fever - Slides | Shannon Beres | A 34-year old rock-climbing-mountain man woke with bilateral painless blurry vision along with alternating conjunctival erythema and eyelid edema. A headache began without associated migrainous features. Prior history revealed an untreated mysterious ‘new form of TB' followed by the CDC at age 2 d... |
| 112 |
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Triple Take - Slides | Johanna Beebe, Liang Cheng, Shira Simon, Michael Wall, Randy Kardon, Alkapalan Deema, Ian Han, Matthew Thurtell | A 42 year-old male noticed difficulty reading labels while stocking shelves at work. Over the next three weeks, he developed a dark 'cloud' in his central vision in the left eye, and then the right eye. He did not have associated pain. When evaluated by the retina service, his visual acuities were 2... |
| 113 |
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Lumps and Bumps - Slides | Wayne Tie; Martha Schatz | A 37 year-old man with no PMH presented with bilateral painful red eyes and progressive proptosis for several months. He noted the increasing protrusion of both eyes, but only complained of recent onset of pain in both eyes over the last four days. He also developed worsening blurry vision in both e... |
| 114 |
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Whipping Up a New Flavor - Slides | Meagan Seay; Tory Johnson; Benjamin Larman; Avindra Nath; Myoung-Hwa Lee; Janet Rucker; Jonathan Howard; Ilya Kister; Matija Snuderl; Laura Balcer; Steven Galetta | A 43-year old Indian man presented with two years of progressive gait imbalance, dysarthria, and cognitive decline. Neurological exam revealed supranuclear gaze palsy with impaired downgaze and loss of OKN quick phases, impaired horizontal pursuit, ideomotor apraxia, facial and arm dystonia, foot an... |
| 115 |
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Light at the End of the Tunnel - Slides | Noel Chan; Tak Lap Poon; Joyce Chow; Wai Lun Poon; Sherman Lo; Wing Hung Lau; Ka Hong Au; Carmen Chan | A 24-year-old Chinese man presented with 1-year history of progressive blurring of vision of the right eye. He had no significant past ocular nor medical history except moderate myopia and migraine. On ophthalmologic examination, his corrected visual acuity at distance was 20/100 OD and 20/30 OS. Is... |
| 116 |
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It's Always Been Like That - Slides | Eric Gaier; William Butler; Joseph Rizzo | An 18 year-old Caucasian boy presented with left upper eyelid ptosis, headaches, and iris heterochromia. The patient and his family reported the left iris being darker than the right since early childhood. Over the 5 years preceding his presentation, the patient's mother noted progressive ptosis of ... |
| 117 |
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A Sad Story - Slides | Jason Peragallo | A healthy 6-year-old boy had a two-week history of progressive headaches associated with nausea and vomiting. An ER diagnosed allergic rhinitis, treated with augmentin and steroids, however his symptoms worsened. At a second ER he was febrile to 103F. A classmate was recently diagnosed with Erlichio... |
| 118 |
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What Don't You See? - Slides | James O'Brien; R. Michael Siatkowski | A four-year old male presented for evaluation of abnormal eye movements and strabismus which had been present since approximately 6 weeks of age. He was previously diagnosed with nystagmus, ocular torticollis, and esotropia by another provider. An MRI of the brain was performed at approximately 4 we... |
| 119 |
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When the Problem Becomes the Solution - Slides | Ari Shemesh; Timo Krings; Dalia Rotstein; David Munoz; Waleed Brinjikji; Laila Al Shafai; Edward Margolin | 25 year-old man noticed slow progressive decrease in vision in left eye. Vision was 20/20 OD and 20/40 OS, there was swelling of left optic nerve head. MRI demonstrated white matter lesions in left frontal lobe; cerebrospinal fluid composition was normal. Patient was seen in MS clinic and treatment ... |
| 120 |
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Testing the Hypophysis - Slides | Alberto Distefano; Julie Cho; Adeniyi Fisayo; Mahsa Sohrab | A 60 year-old female with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and Lyme disease 12 years ago treated with doxycycline, developed extreme thirst and polyuria four years ago and was diagnosed with central diabetes insipidus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at that time showed enhancement of the p... |
| 121 |
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One Peak is Worth Twenty Finesses - Slides | Steven Newman; James Mandell | An 8 year old was referred with a one week history of swelling around her left eye. She was not aware of any change in her vision or double vision. Visual acuity was 20/20 OD and 20/25 OS. Visual fields demonstrated minimal scattered desaturation with < ½ dB asymmetry between the two sides. Externa... |
| 122 |
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A Giant (Cell) Mistake - Slides | Behzad Mansouri; Paul Wawryko; Frank Bovell | 71-year-old, left-handed woman, who was referred with ptosis, loss of vision in the right eye and headache. In July 2015 she presented to ER with severe right temporal headache and watery right eye. Her exam and head CT was normal. Her ESR/CRP were elevated. She was allegedly diagnosed with GCA and ... |
| 123 |
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When the Problem Becomes the Solution - Abstract | Ari Shemesh; Timo Krings; Dalia Rotstein; David Munoz; Waleed Brinjikji; Laila Al Shafai; Edward Margolin | 25 year-old man noticed slow progressive decrease in vision in left eye. Vision was 20/20 OD and 20/40 OS, there was swelling of left optic nerve head. MRI demonstrated white matter lesions in left frontal lobe; cerebrospinal fluid composition was normal. Patient was seen in MS clinic and treatment ... |
| 124 |
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A Tough Nut to Crack! - Abstract | Lauren Maloley; Sachin Kedar; Deepta Ghate; Dominick DiMaio; Jason Helvey; Sachin Kedar | A 47-year-old previously healthy female was transferred to our facility when she developed left abducens nerve palsy during treatment of intractable sinusitis. Two weeks prior to presentation, she developed headache and sinus congestion. She was treated with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and prednison... |
| 125 |
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Testing the Hypophysis - Abstract | Alberto Distefano; Julie Cho; Adeniyi Fisayo; Mahsa Sohrab | A 60 year-old female with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and Lyme disease 12 years ago treated with doxycycline, developed extreme thirst and polyuria four years ago and was diagnosed with central diabetes insipidus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at that time showed enhancement of the p... |