Course name | Date

Potential Pitfalls in Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology

Type: Other Lectures
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): R. Michael Siatkowski, MD, MBA
Presenter/Faculty: Siatkowski

Prothrombin G20210A Mutation and Hyperhomocysteinemia in Young Patient with Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Maria A. Vera-Silva, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Carlos E. Mendoza Santiesteban, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Mendoza, Vera-Silva
Prothrombin G20210A Mutation and Hyperhomocysteinemia in Young Patient with Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy A patient devoid of significant medical history presented with a sudden onset of painless vision loss in his right eye upon awakening. While the anterior segment appeared unremarkable…

Radiation Optic Neuropathy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Michael J. Venincasa, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Lam, Venincasa
Radiation Optic Neuropathy A patient with a history of skull base meningioma status-post gamma knife radiation presented with three weeks of decreased vision in both eyes. She had no light perception in the right eye and a visual acuity of 20/50 in the left. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain …

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Nimesh A. Patel, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Patel

Fundus photo with peripheral hyperpigmentation and bone spicules. Angiogram demonstrating peripheral atrophy and mild vessel leakage. OCT with cystoid macula edema.

Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Mariam S. Vila-Delgado, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Lam, Vila-Delgado
Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension A patient presented with sudden onset of postural headaches that improved with recumbency associated with nausea, vomit, photophobia and phonophobia of 5 days of evolution followed by binocular horizontal diplopia at distance and in left gaze. Patient denied rec…

Subperiosteal Orbital Hematoma

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Benyam Kinde, MD, PhD
Faculty Discussant(s): Brian C. Tse, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Kinde, Tse
Subperiosteal Orbital Hematoma A patient with a history of chronic pansinusitis and absence of midline nasal cavity structures due to chronic inhalational cocaine usage, presents with acute onset left-sided proptosis. She was found to have a non-traumatic, spontaneous subperiosteal orbital hematoma…

Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy with Compressive Optic Neuropathy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Naomi E. Gutkind, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Thomas E. Johnson, MD; Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Gutkind, Johnson, Lam
Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy with Compressive Optic Neuropathy A patient presented for a second opinion after experiencing pain, proptosis, vision loss, and injection of his left eye for 2 years, with intermittent improvement on systemic steroids. Prior to presentation at our institution, the …

Tolosa Hunt Syndrome

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Caroline L. Lieux, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Lam, Lieux
Tolosa Hunt Syndrome Tolosa Hunt Syndrome is an idiopathic inflammatory process of the cavernous sinus of unknown etiology. There are no known risk factors, but an inciting event, such as a viral illness, vaccination, trauma, or tumors, are known to be preceding events that result in nonspecific in…

Traumatic Optic Neuropathy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Benjamin R. Lin, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Lam, Lin
Traumatic Optic Neuropathy A patient presented with no light perception four days following being hit in the eye with a curling iron. Besides decreased vision, an afferent pupillary defect, and periorbital edema/ecchymosis, clinical exam including of the optic nerve was otherwise unremarkable. Init…

Type C Carotid Cavernous Fistula

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Lauren C. Kiryakoza, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Carlos E. Mendoza Santiesteban, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Kiryakoza, Mendoza
Type C Carotid Cavernous Fistula A patient presented with acute, painless, intermittent double vision. The patient had a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and myocardial infarction. The presenting visual acuity was 20/25 in both eyes with normal pupillary responses and intraocul…

Vitamin A Deficiency

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Nicole J. Topilow, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Lam, Topilow
Vitamin A Deficiency A 73-year-old woman with a past medical history significant for Crohn’s disease and recently diagnosed colon cancer with recent sigmoid colon resection, presented with ten days of blurry vision in both eyes and nyctalopia. Onset of her symptoms was during a hospitalization fo…

Vitamin A Induced Intracranial Hypertension

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Benjamin Meyer, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Lam, Mayer
Vitamin A Induced Intracranial Hypertension A patient was found to have acute promyelocytic leukemia and was started on all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA). He was also noted to incidentally have bilateral papilledema and MR imaging demonstrated multiple stigmata suggestive of chronically elevated intra…

Vitreopapillary Traction Syndrome

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Shahnaz Miri, MD, MBA
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD; Carlos E. Mendoza-Santiesteban, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Miri, Lam, Mendoza-Santiesteban
Vitreopapillary Traction Syndrome The patient presented to the emergency room (ER) with recent-onset photopsia and blurred vision in the left eye, ocular discomfort, and headache. Examination revealed 20/25 vision in the left eye, blurred disc margin, and inferior disc hemorrhage. MRI orbit was unr…

Wernicke Encephalopathy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Lulwa El Zein, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Carlos E. Mendoza Santiesteban, MD
Presenter/Faculty: El Zein, Mendoza Santiesteban
Wernicke Encephalopathy A patient with past history of bariatric surgery presenting with blurred vision, oscillopsia and decreased hearing of few days. Her exam was remarkable for up-beating nystagmus in all gazes. Vision was 20/20 in each eye, pupils equal and reaction. She had full ocular motilit…