Pneumosinus dilatans in a 13 year old female
| Autor: | M Modarreszadeh, K Tarassoly, Mostafa Soltan Sanjari |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Sickle cell trait
medicine.medical_specialty Past medical history Visual acuity Letter genetic structures business.industry medicine.disease eye diseases Sensory Systems Visual field Surgery Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Ophthalmology Paranasal sinuses medicine.anatomical_structure Atrophy medicine medicine.symptom Pneumosinus dilatans business Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Popis: | Pneumosinus dilatans (PSD) is abnormal dilatation of paranasal sinuses that may occasionally present with visual symptoms. We present a case of PSD associated with sickle cell trait which occurred with visual deterioration. A 13 year old female presented with gradual painless decrease of vision in both eyes for 1.5 years. Over this period her visual acuity dropped from 20/30 (RE) and 20/160 (LE) to hand motion in both eyes. Except for optic atrophy in both eyes, other ocular examinations were normal. In the visual field there was diffuse peripheral field loss and generalised depression. Past medical history was insignificant except for an appendectomy 5 years earlier. An increased level of sickle cell haemoglobin which constituted 24.9% of her total haemoglobin was … |
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