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Blame it on the Pill | Sachin Kedar; Padmaja Sudhakar; Stuart Tobin; William O. Connor; Fernando Decastro | Three months earlier, he had been evaluated for malaise and weight loss and found to have lymphopenia, elevated TSH (20.3) and anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody (2874) with normal T3, ESR, B12 and folate. |
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Muscle Bound or Unbound? | Dane A. Breker; Jonathan D. Trobe; Ann A. Little; Sandra I. Camelo-Piragua | A 52 year old former Olympic athlete developed myalgias, cramping, and stiffness in the upper arms, chest, thigh, and calves in 2009 after a blood transfusion for hematochezia attributed to antiplatelet treatment following coronary stenting. Symptoms were worst in the morning, when he could not walk... |
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Muscle Bound or Unbound? | Dane A. Breker; Jonathan D. Trobe; Ann A. Little; Sandra I. Camelo-Piragua | A 52 year old former Olympic athlete developed myalgias, cramping, and stiffness in the upper arms, chest, thigh, and calves in 2009 after a blood transfusion for hematochezia attributed to antiplatelet treatment following coronary stenting. Symptoms were worst in the morning, when he could not walk... |
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Renal Red Herring | John J. Chen; John J. Brinkley; Namrata Singh; Amanda C. Maltry; Bruno A. Policeni; Richard C. Allen; Reid A. Longmuir; Matthew J. Thurtell | A 71 year-old Caucasian male with a history of Wegener's granulomatosis presented with vision loss OU and horizontal binocular diplopia. His past medical history was significant for Wegener's granulomatosis, which was diagnosed in 2000 on the basis of a renal biopsy. He was previously treated with v... |
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Renal Red Herring | John J. Chen; John J. Brinkley; Namrata Singh; Amanda C. Maltry; Bruno A. Policeni; Richard C. Allen; Reid A. Longmuir; Matthew J. Thurtell | A 71 year-old Caucasian male with a history of Wegener's granulomatosis presented with vision loss OU and horizontal binocular diplopia. His past medical history was significant for Wegener's granulomatosis, which was diagnosed in 2000 on the basis of a renal biopsy. He was previously treated with v... |
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Is it a Crime to be Blind? I plead the 4th! | Jasmine Gopwani; Edward Margolin; Tran Le; Wayne Cornblath; Rasmus Kiehl | A 30 year old previously healthy man from Sudan presented to a community hospital with a seizure. MRI revealed a 'right frontal lobe tumor'. Brain biopsy was performed but the pathology findings were inconclusive. Initial interpretation was "brain tissue with increased cellularity consistent with gl... |
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Is it a Crime to be Blind? I plead the 4th! | Jasmine Gopwani; Edward Margolin; Tran Le; Wayne Cornblath; Rasmus Kiehl | A 30 year old previously healthy man from Sudan presented to a community hospital with a seizure. MRI revealed a 'right frontal lobe tumor'. Brain biopsy was performed but the pathology findings were inconclusive. Initial interpretation was "brain tissue with increased cellularity consistent with gl... |
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I Can't Stand the Double Vision | Iris Ben Bassat Mizrachi; Ruth Huna-Baron; Rivka Inzelberg; Yonathan Sharabi | A 37 year-old woman was referred to our clinic due to bilateral ptosis and vertical binocular diplopia. She denied diurnal variations, muscle weakness or bulbar symptoms. In the past year she had been suffering from bouts of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and severe weight loss (>40 pounds), and she pres... |
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A Candid Look at a Missed Diagnosis | Edward Margolin; Jasmine Gopwani; Robert Willinsky | She was diagnosed with migraine, stress, and 'drug seeking' presumed from a history of past (intravenous?) heroin use. |
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A Candid Look at a Missed Diagnosis | Edward Margolin; Jasmine Gopwani; Robert Willinsky | She was diagnosed with migraine, stress, and 'drug seeking' presumed from a history of past (intravenous?) heroin use. |
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Almost Catastrophic | Danielle S. Rudich; Samuel Yun; Anne Liebling; Jonathan E. Silbert; Robert L. Lesser | A 36 year-old Caucasian male presented to his ophthalmologist with one month of headache, blurry vision, and intermittent diplopia. The patient denied transient visual obscurations, tinnitus, prior medical problems or use of steroids/Vitamin A/antibiotics. He was 235 pounds and 5'9". Because examina... |
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Almost Catastrophic | Danielle S. Rudich; Samuel Yun; Anne Liebling; Jonathan E. Silbert; Robert L. Lesser | A 36 year-old Caucasian male presented to his ophthalmologist with one month of headache, blurry vision, and intermittent diplopia. The patient denied transient visual obscurations, tinnitus, prior medical problems or use of steroids/Vitamin A/antibiotics. He was 235 pounds and 5'9". Because examina... |
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A TAAD Bit Unusual | Nisreen K. Mesiwala; Susan T. Stefko | A 12 year-old previously healthy boy presented to the emergency room with a five-day history of progressive frontal headaches and acute onset of horizontal, binocular diplopia on left gaze. He had no significant medical history and his only significant ocular history was mild myopia and X-linked col... |
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A TAAD Bit Unusual | Nisreen K. Mesiwala; Susan T. Stefko | A 12 year-old previously healthy boy presented to the emergency room with a five-day history of progressive frontal headaches and acute onset of horizontal, binocular diplopia on left gaze. He had no significant medical history and his only significant ocular history was mild myopia and X-linked col... |
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Innocent until Proven Guilty | Heather E. Moss; Tiffany Stroup; Amy Lin; Oliver Graf; Jeffrey Borgeson; Aaron Halfpenny; Howard Lipton; Tibor Valyi-Nagy | A 31 year-old male experienced right eye blurring and pain. He was diagnosed with optic neuritis and treated with IV steroids. Nine days later he developed headache, worsening vision, speech trouble and right-sided weakness. Two days later he developed low-grade fever and trouble walking. He had NLP... |
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Innocent until Proven Guilty | Heather E. Moss; Tiffany Stroup; Amy Lin; Oliver Graf; Jeffrey Borgeson; Aaron Halfpenny; Howard Lipton; Tibor Valyi-Nagy | A 31 year-old male experienced right eye blurring and pain. He was diagnosed with optic neuritis and treated with IV steroids. Nine days later he developed headache, worsening vision, speech trouble and right-sided weakness. Two days later he developed low-grade fever and trouble walking. He had NLP... |
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More Than a Cu-bit of Vision Loss | Philip M. Skidd; Rebecca C. Stacy; Waqar Waheed; Mohamed-Ali Babi | A 45 year-old, right-handed, man, presented after awakening with no vision in his left eye. Two days earlier he had experienced a brief episode of binocular horizontal, and then oblique, diplopia. One week prior, he developed left facial numbness and "sinus pain" on the same side; a five day course ... |
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More Than a Cu-bit of Vision Loss | Philip M. Skidd; Rebecca C. Stacy; Waqar Waheed; Mohamed-Ali Babi | A 45 year-old, right-handed, man, presented after awakening with no vision in his left eye. Two days earlier he had experienced a brief episode of binocular horizontal, and then oblique, diplopia. One week prior, he developed left facial numbness and "sinus pain" on the same side; a five day course ... |
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Much-Ado About Acute Vision Loss | Mahsa A. Sohrab; Andrea Birnbaum; Michael Sidiropoulos; Lois Polatnick; Nicholas J. Volpe | Progressive fatigue and right face, arm, and leg pain. |
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Much-Ado About Acute Vision Loss | Mahsa A. Sohrab; Andrea Birnbaum; Michael Sidiropoulos; Lois Polatnick; Nicholas J. Volpe | Progressive fatigue and right face, arm, and leg pain. |
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Burned by Diplopia | Bonnie M. Keung; Reuben Mari Valenzuela; Meena Gujrati; Jeffrey R. DeSanto; Jorge C. Kattah; John H. Pula | In March 2012 he sustained a concussion and forehead laceration from a motor vehicle accident. In August 2012, he developed painless, binocular, vertical diplopia, which limited him from painting art. In November 2012, his examination showed -2 limitation of up-gaze OD. |
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Burned by Diplopia | Bonnie M. Keung; Reuben Mari Valenzuela; Meena Gujrati; Jeffrey R. DeSanto; Jorge C. Kattah; John H. Pula | In March 2012 he sustained a concussion and forehead laceration from a motor vehicle accident. In August 2012, he developed painless, binocular, vertical diplopia, which limited him from painting art. In November 2012, his examination showed -2 limitation of up-gaze OD. |
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Wear and Tear Vision | Konrad P. Weber; Caterina Schweier; Veronika Kana; Thomas Guggi; Katarzyna Byber; Klara Landau | A 66-year-old woman presented with a four-month history of insidious bilateral visual loss. Ophthalmologic examination revealed visual acuity reduced to finger counting in both eyes. On fundus examination, maculae and optic discs appeared normal. Visual fields showed bilateral central scotoma with m... |
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Wear and Tear Vision | Konrad P. Weber; Caterina Schweier; Veronika Kana; Thomas Guggi; Katarzyna Byber; Klara Landau | A 66-year-old woman presented with a four-month history of insidious bilateral visual loss. Ophthalmologic examination revealed visual acuity reduced to finger counting in both eyes. On fundus examination, maculae and optic discs appeared normal. Visual fields showed bilateral central scotoma with m... |
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Which One is The Real Zebra | Madhura A. Tamhankar; Julia Kharlip; Robert Lustig; Jon Burnham; Karuna Shekdar; Michele Paessler; Lucy Rorke; Kristina Cole | A 15-year-old male complained of headaches and nausea, two months after appendectomy. |