A Patient with Dementia, Orbital Inflammation and Loss of Vision

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Identifier walsh_1999_s1_c4
Title A Patient with Dementia, Orbital Inflammation and Loss of Vision
Creator Hadas Kalish
Subject Vision, Low; Giant Cell Arteritis; Optic Disk Drusen; Dementia
History A 74-year old female with progressive reduction in vision over a 6-month period OS. Previous history significant for hypertension, mild diabetes and migraine.
Pathology Inflammation of temporal arteries and adjacent orbital tissues with multinucleated giant cells.
Clinical VA: 20/50 OD, 20/70 OS; Drusen OU
Neuroimaging MRI
Treatment Steroids
Date 1999-02-06
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1999 Walsh Proceedings
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 1999 Walsh Session, February 6-7.
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6hd7zdx
Contributor Primary Kalish, Hadas
Contributor Secondary Lefton, Daniel; Kupersmith, Mark J.
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 178047
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd7zdx