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Identifier |
walsh_2011_s3_c2 |
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Title |
‘Tis Nobler in the Mind to Suffer... Or to Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles and by Opposing End Them? (Hamlet act 3, scene 1) |
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Creator |
Moss, Heather |
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Subject |
Central Nervous System Diseases; Sarcoidosis; Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Papilledema; Scleritis; Diplopia |
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Presenting Symptom |
Shadow over left eye; Optic nerve edema |
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History |
A 41-year old female with a shadow over the left eye. |
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Clinical |
VA: 20/20 OD, 20/25 OS, declining to 20/400 |
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Neuroimaging |
CT; MRI |
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Pathology |
Spinal cord lesion composed of coalesced granulomata with central caseous necrosis surrounded by chronic inflammation. |
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Disease/Diagnosis |
Neurosarcoidosis |
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Treatment |
IV steroids; Anti-bacterial agents |
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References |
1. Mafee, Dorodi, Pai, Sarcoidosis of the eye, orbit and central nervous system, Radiologic Clinics of North
America, 37, 73-87, 1999.
2. Tahmoush, Amir, Connor, Farry, DiDato, Ulhoa-CIntra, Vasas, Schwartzman, Israel, Patrick, CSF-ACE
Activity in Probable CNS Neurosarcoidosis, Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases,19,191-197,
2002.
3. Gal, Koss, The Pathology of Sarcoidosis, Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 8, 445-451, 2002.
4. Karkhanis, Joshi, All that Caseates is not T.B., Lung India, 24,100-101, 2007.
5. Stickland-Marmol, Fessler, Rojiani, Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis Mimicking an Intracranial Neoplasm:
Clinicopathologic Features and a Review of the Literature, Modern Pathology, 13, 909-913, 2000. |
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Relation-Is Part Of |
Case presented at the NANOS 2011 Walsh Session, February 5 |
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Contributor Primary |
Moss, Heather |
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Contributor Secondary |
Lee, Goo; Weldon-Linne, C. Michael |
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Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library |
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Date-Original |
2011-02-05 |
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Context URL |
http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/Walsh |
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Resource Type |
text |
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Format.Use |
application/pdf |
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Format.Creation |
application/pdf |
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Source |
43rd Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting |
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Rights Management |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association (NANOS), Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL |
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Holding.Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
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Annotation |
no |
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Collection |
Frank B. Walsh Collection, Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL |
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Catalogue |
http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/Walsh/ |
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Language |
eng |
