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Abstract #28016 Published in IGR 13-1
The Globe: Infection, Inflammation, and Systemic Disease
Platnick J; Crum AV; Soohoo S; Cedeno PA; Johnson MHSeminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI 2011; 32: 38-50
Infection, inflammation, and systemic diseases affecting the globe encompass a broad range of pathologies which may ultimately lead to progressive vision loss. Clinical symptomatology varies from the inexorably silent progressive visual loss to an acute presentation of ocular pain and/or red eye. Most are diagnosed by clinical ophthalmologic examination with selective use of ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging for confirmation of the diagnosis, assessment of disease extent, and signs of associated systemic disease. Knowledge of the differential diagnoses of vision loss, ocular pain, and redness makes imaging analysis of this diverse group of processes more precise.
M.H. Johnson. Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, 333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208042, New-Haven, CT 06520-8042, United States. michele.h.johnson@yale.edu
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10 Differential diagnosis e.g. anterior and posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
