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Search Results for Optic Neuritis
Abstract Number: 401
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A healthy 11-year old female presented with 5 days of fever, headache, and progressive symptoms that included blurry vision, photophobia, lightheadedness, nausea, and intermittent vomiting. Family history was positive for migraine headaches. On exam, she had pupils measuring 10 mm, blurry vision and loss of acuity, but no visual field deficits or pain […]
Abstract Number: 631
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 24-year old woman presented to the emergency department with three days of decreased vision after she sustained blunt trauma to her face during a physical altercation. Social history was notable for methamphetamine use and unprotected sexual activity with multiple partners. Physical exam demonstrated right-sided periorbital swelling and tenderness, pupils were equal, round, […]
Abstract Number: 881
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old man with no significant medical history was referred from our ophthalmology clinic with clinical concern for optic neuritis. One week earlier, he noted acute onset of left eye discomfort and blurred vision which evolved to central vision loss and brightness desaturation, accompanied by new headaches. Initial exam and lab work were […]
Abstract Number: 900
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 5-year-old male presented to an outside hospital with one month of headaches, decreased visual acuity (VA) and color vision, and one day of vomiting. Workup included CT brain and venogram with an incidental corpus callosum cyst, ESR of 19 (0-15 mm/hr), and normal blood counts, CRP, and metabolic and hepatic panels. Ophthalmologic […]
Abstract Number: J37
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old male with a past medical history of systemic lupus erythematosus presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of blurred vision. His blurred vision was ongoing for several months and was not associated with any pain. The patient had recently been seen at an outpatient ophthalmology clinic where he was […]
Abstract Number: K28
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 75 YO woman with HTN presented to her optometrist with a one-week history of painless, blurred vision in her left eye. Her history was notable for a febrile illness without rash 2 months prior. She was advised to go to the ED where MRI and CT imaging showed no acute abnormalities and […]