Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Rasan Burhan and Richard Ingram
Queens Medical Centre, UK
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Anesth Clin Res
A 72-year-old lady was admitted with a 3-day history of worsening confusion and visual hallucinations, preceded by 2 days of dizziness and unsteadiness on feet. She had returned from a vacation in Spain a week prior to the onset of symptoms. She had an associated headache which was said to localize to the vertex of the head. There was no associated radiation, pyrexia, aphasia, dysphasia, weight loss or other systemic symptoms. Past medical history of hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, Raynaudâ??s and Hypergammaglobulinemia with decreased complement count was noted. On admission, she was found to have a left-sided temporal hemianopia which progressed to a left homonymous hemianopia (confirmed with formal visual field testing). She was found to have an underlying clinoid meningioma with a subsequent superimposed right PCA infarct.
Rasan Burhan is a Foundation Doctor from the United Kingdom with a particular interest in ophthalmology. He has recently completed his Foundation Training Program in the Midlands and is currently on an attachment within plastic surgery and neurosurgery in Scotland. He has also been involved with developing e-learning content for medical students starting their ophthalmology attachment.