Acute presumed histoplasmosis of the optic nerve head.

A 38-year-old man from the Ohio Valley area presented to the Ophthalmology Cinic at a west coast hospital (USA) because of sudden loss of the right inferior temporal visual field after severe right frontal headache of several hours' duration. During the following months, diffuse peripapillary a...

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Hauptverfasser: Husted, R C, Shock, J P
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Veröffentlicht: 1975
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1017385/
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spelling pubmed-10173852007-07-03 Acute presumed histoplasmosis of the optic nerve head. Husted, R C Shock, J P Br J Ophthalmol Research Article A 38-year-old man from the Ohio Valley area presented to the Ophthalmology Cinic at a west coast hospital (USA) because of sudden loss of the right inferior temporal visual field after severe right frontal headache of several hours' duration. During the following months, diffuse peripapillary atrophy and peripheral punched-out lesions developed. When he had been seen initially, the fundus of the left eye had also revealed extensive, diffuse, peripapillary atrophy and scarring. All laboratory tests were normal except a histoplasmin intradermal skin test. The clinical appearance of both eyes 8 months after the acute episode in the right eye supports the diagnosis of presumed ocular histoplasmosis. 1975-08 /pmc/articles/PMC1017385/ /pubmed/1203226 Text en
institution US National Library of Medicine
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topic Research Article
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Husted, R C
Shock, J P
Acute presumed histoplasmosis of the optic nerve head.
description A 38-year-old man from the Ohio Valley area presented to the Ophthalmology Cinic at a west coast hospital (USA) because of sudden loss of the right inferior temporal visual field after severe right frontal headache of several hours' duration. During the following months, diffuse peripapillary atrophy and peripheral punched-out lesions developed. When he had been seen initially, the fundus of the left eye had also revealed extensive, diffuse, peripapillary atrophy and scarring. All laboratory tests were normal except a histoplasmin intradermal skin test. The clinical appearance of both eyes 8 months after the acute episode in the right eye supports the diagnosis of presumed ocular histoplasmosis.
author Husted, R C
Shock, J P
author_facet Husted, R C
Shock, J P
author_sort Husted, R C
title Acute presumed histoplasmosis of the optic nerve head.
title_short Acute presumed histoplasmosis of the optic nerve head.
title_full Acute presumed histoplasmosis of the optic nerve head.
title_fullStr Acute presumed histoplasmosis of the optic nerve head.
title_full_unstemmed Acute presumed histoplasmosis of the optic nerve head.
title_sort acute presumed histoplasmosis of the optic nerve head.
publishDate 1975
url https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1017385/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1203226
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