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51 Cuban Epidemic of Optic Neuropathy: Even Zealots Must Eat, or, Conversations with CastroAlfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhDA team of neuro-opthalmologists visits Cuba in 1993 and 1994, and attempts to treat patients with vision disorders. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Alcoholic neuropathy. Treatment: Folate. Presenting Symptom: Blindness; Ambliopia; Ataxia; Paresthesia; Hyporeflexia.Cuba; Castro, Fidel; Folate; Optic Nerve; Optic Nerve Diseases; Blindness; Ambliopia; Alcoholic Neuropathy; Ataxia; Paresthesia; Hyporeflexia
52 Jonathan D. Wirtschafter, MD, FACS, Frank E. Burch Professor of OphthalmologyAlfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhDOverview of the life of Jonathan D. Wirtschafter on the occasion of the first annual Wirtschafter Lectureship, in August of 2003. Sadun gave the lecture, recapping an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic basis. Includes several images o...Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Blindness; Scotoma; Dyschromatopsia; Brazil; Optic Nerve; Optic Disk; Apoptosis; Cell Death; Wirtschafer, Jonathan D.
53 Toxic Optic Neuropathies: Mitochondria and the RGCAlfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhDDiscussion of various forms of mitrochondrial optic neuropathies and how to distinguish from toxic optic neuropathies, with examples from Cuba and Brazil; includes images of optic disc showing LHON. Presenting Symptom: Blindness; Scotoma; Telangiectasis; Apoptosis; Dyschromatopsia. Anatomy: Optic ne...Optic Nerve; Optic Disc; Retinal Ganglion Cells; Reactive Oxygen Species; Blindness; Scotoma; Telangiectasis; Apoptosis; Dyschromatopsia; Optic Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant; Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Toxic Optic Neuropathy; Alcoholic Neuropathy; Brazil; Cuba; Linezolid; Ethambutol; Tomography...
54 Viagra and Vision Loss: Does Sex Make You Blind?Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhDPresenting symptom: Hypotension. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disc; Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Toxic optic neuropathy.Sildenafil; Vardenafil; Tadalafil; Viagra; Levitra; Cialis; Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Toxic Optic Neuropathy; Optic Nerve; Optic Disc; Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5; Hypotension
55 Posterior Ischemic Optic NeuropathyAlfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhDDiscusses opthalmic complications of surgery, with example of shock-induced Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy following a hysterectomy. Presenting Symptom: Ischemia; Hypotension. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic neuropathy, Ischemic; Hematoma; Edema.Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Hematoma; Edema; Ischemia; Hypotension; Optic Nerve; Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
56 Prognosis for Vision in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhDTreatment options for Pseudotumor cerebri and Papilledema; includes images of optic disc with edema. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma. Anatomy: Optic disc; Optic nerve. Pathology: Microscopic view of papilledema. Disease/Diagnosis: Pseudotumor cerebri; Papilledema. Treatment: Acetazolamide; Ventriculoper...Optic Nerve; Optic Disc; Pseudotumor Cerebri; Papilledema; Scotoma; Acetazolamide; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt; Lumbo-Peritoneal CSF Shunt; Decompression of Optic Nerve; Raised Intracranial Pressure
57 Optic Nerve Tumors: Diagnosis and TherapyAlfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhDPowerppoint lecture covers a patient case, differential diagnosis, and optic nerve anatomy. Also includes examination information, fundus images and visual field defects. Presenting Symptom: Proptosis; Hemianopsia; Scotoma. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Structure of pituitary fossa; Optic nerve sheath. Dise...Optic Nerve; Structure of Pituitary Fossa; Optic Nerve Sheath; Proptosis; Hemianopsia; Scotoma; Optic Nerve Neoplasms; Meningioma; Optic Nerve Glioma; Chiasmal Visual Field Defects
58 Visual Cortex and Weird Phenomena (Anton's to Riddoch's)Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhDPresenting Symptom: Alexia, Pure; Agraphia; Prosopagnosia; Palinopsia; Geschwind's Syndrome; Apraxia. Anatomy: Visual cortex; Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Aphasia; Hallucinations, Visual; Anton's Syndrome; Visual Agnosia; Blindness, Cortical; Cortical paralysis of fixation syndrome; Alzheimer's S...Alexia, Pure; Agraphia; Prosopagnosia; Palinopsia; Geschwind's Syndrome; Apraxia; Aphasia; Hallucinations, Visual; Anton's Syndrome; Visual Agnosia; Blindness, Cortical; Cortical Paralysis of Fixation Syndrome; Alzheimer's Syndrome; Visual Cortex; Optic Nerve; Higher Cortical Dysfunction; Specializ...
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