NANOS Annual Meeting #34, 2008
Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
Date: 2008-03-11

Day 3: Tuesday, March 11 (2008-03-11)

Program: Poster Presentations  back to top
Moderators: Nancy J. Newman; Steven A. Newman

Presentation 1: Recurrent Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis Presenting as a Unilateral Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Michael C. Johnson
Authors: Michael C. Johnson; Andrew G. Lee

Presentation 2: Familial Clustering in Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION)
Presenters: William L. Hills
Authors: William L. Hills; Bradley J. Katz; Judith EA Warner; Kang Zhang; Jennifer Harmon; Geraldine Mineau; Kathleen B. Digre

Presentation 3: Chiasmal Cavernoma: a Rare Cause of Acute Visual Loss Improved by Prompt Surgery
Presenters: Anat Kesler
Authors: Anat Kesler; Hadas Newman; Nevo S. Margalit; Shlomi Conscamini; Shimon Maimon

Presentation 4: Optics Neuropathy in Graves' Orbitopathy: Are Visual Evoked Potential a Useful Test?
Presenters: Antonella Boschi
Authors: Antonella Boschi; Marianne de Tourtchaninoff; Chantal Daumerie

Presentation 5: Be Careful When They ShakeSpear(e)! - A Case Report of Ocular Trauma
Presenters: Balazs Varsanyi
Authors: Balazs Varsanyi

Presentation 6: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH): Not Just a Woman's Disease
Presenters: Beau B. Bruce
Authors: Beau B. Bruce; Sachin S. Kedar; Gregory P. Van Stavern; David Monaghan; Marie D. Acierno; Ronald Braswell; James J. Corbett; Nancy J. Newman; Valerie Biousse

Presentation 7: Sensitivity and Specificity of Flicker Fusion for Prolongation of the VEP P-100
Presenters: Bradley J. Katz
Authors: Bradley J. Katz; Paul R. Borgmeier; Donnell J. Creel; Judith EA Warner; Kathleen B. Digre

Presentation 8: Trochlear Neuromas: A Collection of Cases from NANOS Members
Presenters: Brian R. Younge
Authors: Brian R. Younge

Presentation 9: Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neropathy Following Status Asthmaticus
Presenters: Candy K. Chan
Authors: Candy K. Chan; Deborah I. Friedman

Presentation 10: Conofocal Laser Scanning Microscopy of Corneal Nerves in Leprosy
Presenters: Chen Zhao
Authors: Chen Zhao; Shasha Lu; Nadja Tajouri; Andre A. Dosso; Avinoam B. Safran

Presentation 11: The Necessity of Lumbar Puncture in Children with Presumed Pseudotumor Cerebri: Infectious Mimickers
Presenters: Christopher C. Glisson
Authors: Christopher C. Glisson; Grant T. Liu

Presentation 12: Diagnosis and Grading of Papilledema in Patients with Raised Intracranial Pressure Using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Compared to Clinical Expert Assessment
Presenters: Colin J. Scott
Authors: Colin J. Scott; Michael H. Wall; Andrew G. Lee; Randy H. Kardon

Presentation 13: Amyloid-B and Glaucoma: The Retinal Ganglion Cell- Neurotoxic Connection
Presenters: Deborah M. Grzybowski
Authors: Deborah M. Grzybowski; Clint W. Allred; John E. Donahue; Shelley A. Glimcher; William Lawhon III; Conrad E. Johanson; Edward G. Stopa

Presentation 14: Bilateral Horner Syndrome Following Multiple Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissections
Presenters: Edward J. Atkins
Authors: Edward J. Atkins; Christopher L. Voll; Sheri L. Harder

Presentation 15: Ocular Neuromyotonia Secondary to Gamma Knife Radiation
Presenters: Eric D. Weber
Authors: Eric D. Weber; Steven A. Newman

Presentation 16: Oculomotor Synkinesis - Clinical Features and Implications for Treatment
Presenters: Eric D. Weber
Authors: Eric D. Weber; Steven A. Newman

Presentation 17: Optic Disc Measurements by OCT in Multiple Sclerosis: Relation to Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Visual Function
Presenters: Esther R. Bisker
Authors: Esther R. Bisker; Amy L. Conger; Amber Salter; Steven L. Galetta; Gui-Shuang Ying; Maureen G. Maguire; Peter A. Calabresi; Elliot M. Frohman; Laura J. Balcer

Presentation 18: Tracking Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Changes after Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Fiona Costello
Authors: Fiona Costello; William G. Hodge; Y. Irene Pan; Randy H. Kardon; Eric R. Eggenberger

Presentation 19: Is There a Role for Multifocal Functional MRI-Based Visual Field Mapping in Neuro-Ophthalmology? A Pilot Study
Presenters: Gabriella Szatmary
Authors: Gabriella Szatmary; Lajos Kozak; Zoltan Vidnyanszky

Presentation 20: An Aid to Identifying Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women of Child-Bearing Age with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Hadas Stiebel-Kalish
Authors: Hadas Stiebel-Kalish; Inbal Avisar; Varda Eshed

Presentation 21: Cavernous Sinus Lesions in Children - A Management Challenge
Presenters: Hana Leiba
Authors: Hana Leiba; Klara Landau

Presentation 22: Central Corneal Thickness Measurement in NA-AION Patients: A Prospective Study
Presenters: Haneen Jabaly-Habib
Authors: Haneen Jabaly-Habib; Modi Naftali; David Varssano; Anat Kesler

Presentation 23: Lipocalin-like Prostaglandin D Synthase in Subretinal Fluid of Detached Retinas in Humans
Presenters: Hanspeter E. Killer
Authors: Hanspeter E. Killer; Gregor P. Jaggi; Josef Flammer; Andreas Huber

Presentation 24: Is Normal Tension Glaucoma Related to Altered CSF-Dynamics and Composition?
Presenters: Hanspeter E. Killer
Authors: Hanspeter E. Killer; Gregor P. Jaggi; Josef Flammer; Neil R. Miller; Angel Mironov

Presentation 25: Comparison of Flexible Laryngeal Mask Airways Compared to Rigid Laryngeal Mask Airways with the Use of Intranasal Fentanyl for Strabismus Surgery
Presenters: Henry S. O'Halloran
Authors: Henry S. O'Halloran; Colin A. Scher; Alexander Rodarte; Yvette M. Jockin; Preeti N. Bansal

Presentation 26: Could Congenital Ocular Motor Apraxia Be Caused By Cerebellar Vermis Dysfunction?
Presenters: Hideki Chuman
Authors: Hideki Chuman; Nobuhisa Nao-i

Presentation 27: Does IV Megadose Steroids Change the Outcome of Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy?
Presenters: Iris Ben-Bassat Mizrachi
Authors: Iris Ben-Bassat Mizrachi; Yael Wasserzug; Angela Chetrit; Ruth Huna-Baron

Presentation 28: Neuro-Ophthalmic Sarcoidosis
Presenters: Jacinthe Rouleau
Authors: Jacinthe Rouleau; Jacob Koczman; Morgan Gaunt; Randy H. Kardon; Michael H. Wall; Andrew G. Lee

Presentation 29: Optic Disc Drusen Visualization with Auto-Fluorescent Imaging
Presenters: Jacqueline A. Leavitt
Authors: Jacqueline A. Leavitt; Jose S. Pulido

Presentation 30: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Morquio Type IV Syndrome
Presenters: Jane W. Chan
Authors: Jane W. Chan

Presentation 31: Bilateral Anterior Optic Neuropathies Followed Three Years Later by Pure Sensory Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculopathy (CIDP)
Presenters: Janet C. Rucker
Authors: Janet C. Rucker; Eroboghene Ubogu

Presentation 32: Ocular Motor Anatomy in Interrupted Saccades
Presenters: Janet C. Rucker
Authors: Janet C. Rucker; R. John Leigh; Lance M. Optican; Edward L. Keller; Jean A. Buettner-Ennever

Presentation 33: Reliability of Echography in Distinguishing Papilledema from Pseudopapilledema
Presenters: Jennifer K. Hall
Authors: Jennifer K. Hall; Grant T. Liu; Nicholas J. Volpe; Steven L. Galetta; Kenneth S. Shindler; E. Kym Livingston; Laura J. Balcer

Presentation 34: Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APML) Presenting with Papilledema and Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Presenters: Melissa Wang-Ko
Authors: Melissa Wang-Ko; Michele R. Roullet; Larissa T. Bilaniuk; Susan R. Rheingold; Grant T. Liu

Presentation 35: Visual Agnosia and Prosopagnosia With or Without Achromatopsia? Case Report
Presenters: Joao Costa
Authors: Joao Costa; Helena Hurbano; Ana Mendonca

Presentation 36: Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis
Presenters: J. Alexander Fraser
Authors: J. Alexander Fraser; Nancy J. Newman; Valerie Biousse

Presentation 37: Optic Atrophy, Electro-Oculographic and Visual Evoked Potential Abnormalities in Panrothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (Formerly Hallervorden-Spatt Syndrome)
Presenters: Timothy D. Matthews
Authors: Timothy D. Matthews; Johnny Wu; Tze Lai; William Ward; Geoffrey C. Lam

Presentation 38: Masqueraders of Giant Cell Arteritis: Negative Temporal Artery Biopsy and the Hidden Threat of Vasculitic Visual Loss
Presenters: Timothy D. Matthews
Authors: Timothy D. Matthews; W. Joseph Abbott; Manjit Mehat; Susan P. Mollan; Catherine Claes

Presentation 39: Neurologic Manifestations of Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy (APMPPE)
Presenters: Katie Luneau
Authors: Katie Luneau; Sunil Srivastava; Nancy J. Newman; Valerie Biousse

Presentation 40: Sticky Platelet Syndrome and Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Katrina A. Mears
Authors: Katrina A. Mears; Sandeep Randhawa; Gregory P. Van Stavern

Presentation 41: Peripheral Spread of Squamous Cell Cancer to Cavernous Sinus
Presenters: Elena A. Sokolova
Authors: Elena A. Sokolova; John E. Carter

Presentation 42: Heidenhain Variant of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Clinical Presentation
Presenters: Krishna Mettu
Authors: Krishna Mettu; Upinder Dhand; Lenworth N. Johnson

Presentation 43: Behavioural and Cortical Activation Patterns Following Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Netta Levin
Authors: Netta Levin; Noa Raz; Shlomo A. Dotan; Ehud Zohary; David Arkadir; Sylvie Chokron

Presentation 44: Role of the Immune Modulator Programmed Cell Death-1 During Development and Apoptosis of Retinal Ganglion Cells
Presenters: Lynn K. Gordon
Authors: Lynn K. Gordon; Ling Chen; Jonathan Braun

Presentation 45: Radiation Induced Optic Neuropathy: A Methodology for Differential Diagnosis
Presenters: M. Tariq Bhatti
Authors: M. Tariq Bhatti; Niranjan Bhandare; Robert Malyapa; William M. Mendenhall

Presentation 46: Ethambutol-Induced Retinopathy Mimicking a Chiasmal Syndrome
Presenters: Marc J. Dinkin
Authors: Marc J. Dinkin; Yao Liu; John I. Loewenstein; Joseph F. Rizzo III; Dean M. Cestari

Presentation 47: Bilateral Transient Monocular Blindness from Ophthalmic Artery Aneurysms in a Patient with Marfan's Syndrome
Presenters: Marc J. Dinkin
Authors: Marc J. Dinkin; Joseph F. Rizzo III

Presentation 48: The Translational Vestibula-Ocular Reflexi in Patients with Skew Deviation
Presenters: Matthew B. Schlenker
Authors: Matthew B. Schlenker; Giuseppe Mirabella; Herbert C. Goltz; Paul R. Kessler; Alan W. Blakeman; Agnes MF Wong

Presentation 49: Retrospective Evaluation of Optic Neuritis in African American Patients
Presenters: Matthew Sniegowski
Authors: Matthew Sniegowski; Gregory P. Van Stavern

Presentation 50: Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) with Stenting of Transverse Cerebral Venous Sinus Stenoses: A Case Series
Presenters: Matthew J. Thurtell
Authors: Matthew J. Thurtell; Geoffrey D. Parker; Mark D. Wilkinson; Victoria G. Dunne; Gabor M. Halmagyi

Presentation 51: Spontaneous Resolution of a Presumed Petrous Apex Cephalocele Causing Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy
Presenters: Maud Jacob
Authors: Maud Jacob; Dheeraj Gahdi; Sachin Gujar; Jonathan D. Trobe

Presentation 52: Retinal Imaging by Scanning Laser Polarimetry (GDx-VCC) Corroborates OCT Evidence of Axonal Degeneration in Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Michael Loguidice
Authors: Michael Loguidice; Maulik Zaveri; Amy L. Conger; Amber Salter; Teresa C. Frohman; Steven L. Galetta; Clyde E. Markowitz; Dina A. Jacobs; Gary R. Cutter; Gui-Shuang Ying; Maureen G. Maguire; Peter A. Calabresi; Laura J. Balcer; Elliot M. Frohman

Presentation 53: Correlation between Optical Coherence Tomography and Optic Nerve Head Swelling Due to Pseudotumor Cerebri
Presenters: Mays A. El-Dairi
Authors: Mays A. El-Dairi; M. Tariq Bhatti; Rola Ali-Hassan; Sandra Holgado; Sanjay Asrani; Edward G. Buckley; Sharon F. Freedman

Presentation 54: Late-Onset Optic Neuropathy in Organic Acidemias
Presenters: Zoe R. Williams
Authors: Zoe R. Williams; P. Emmett Hurley; Luis J. Mejico; Steven E. Feldon

Presentation 55: Intermittent Refixation Induced Pendular Vertical Nystagmus and Pupillary-Oculomotor Synkinesis: Two Signs of Pontine Hemmorhage
Presenters: Michael L. Rosenberg
Authors: Michael L. Rosenberg; Anne Marie Petrock

Presentation 56: Square Wave Jerks in Chiari Type II Malformation
Presenters: Michael S. Salman
Authors: Michael S. Salman; James A. Sharpe; Maureen Dennis; Martin J. Steinbach

Presentation 57: Repeatability of Automated Perimetry: A Comparison of Standard Automated Perimetry with Stimulus Sizes III and V, Matrix and Motion Perimetry
Presenters: Michael H. Wall
Authors: Michael H. Wall; Caridad F. Brito; Kimberly R. Woodward; Carrie K. Doyle; Paul H. Artes

Presentation 58: Serum Positivity of NMO IgG May Predict Eventual Conversion to Neuromyelitis Optica in Patients Presenting with Isolated Atypical Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Nathan T. Tagg
Authors: Nathan T. Tagg; Andrew G. Lee; Randy H. Kardon

Presentation 59: Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Thickness and Thyroid Orbitopathy
Presenters: Eric D. Weber
Authors: Eric D. Weber; Mehrak M. Marzban; Steven A. Newman

Presentation 60: Paraneoplastic Optic Neuropathy (PON) and Cancer Associated Retinopathy (CAR) Syndromes: New Findings
Presenters: Noah M. Merin
Authors: Noah M. Merin; Kasrah Eliasieh; Charles E. Thirkill; John L. Keltner

Presentation 61: Management of Optic Neuritis (ON) and Impact of Clinical Trials: An International Survey of 7 Countries
Presenters: Valerie Biousse
Authors: Valerie Biousse; Olivier Calvetti; Carolyn D. Drews-Botsch; Edward J. Atkins; Nancy J. Newman

Presentation 62: Metastatic Cancer Heralded by Ophthalmologic Findings
Presenters: Ross BL MacIntyre
Authors: Ross BL MacIntyre; Marjorie A. Murphy

Presentation 63: The Use of Topiramate in the Treatment of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Ruth Huna-Baron
Authors: Ruth Huna-Baron; Iris Ben-Bassat Mizrachi

Presentation 64: HLA-B27-Associated Papillitis and Vasculitis Masquerading as Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)
Presenters: Sandra R. Montezuma
Authors: Sandra R. Montezuma; Ankoor S. Shah; Neal G. Snebold; Lucia N. Sobrin; Joseph F. Rizzo III

Presentation 65: Ocular Tilt Reaction, a Complication of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease
Presenters: Santiago Ortiz-Perez
Authors: Santiago Ortiz-Perez; Bernardo F. Sanchez-Dalmau; Santiago Candela; Jordi Rumia; Elena Bitrian; Alfredo Adan

Presentation 66: Orbital Tumor as a Presenting Sign of Kimura Disease
Presenters: Satoshi Kashii
Authors: Satoshi Kashii; Kazuya Fujiwara; Masayuki Shintaku

Presentation 67: Reliability of Papilledema as a Sign of Shunt Failure in Children
Presenters: Paul H. Phillips
Authors: Paul H. Phillips; Sayeda A. Nazir; Mark S. O'Brien

Presentation 68: Lack of Coccelation Between Neuro-Ophthalmologic Deficits and Structural Anomalies among Young Children with Congenital and Acquired Cerebellar Malformations
Presenters: Steven F. Stasheff
Authors: Steven F. Stasheff; Catherine Limperopoulos; Haim Bassan; Richard L. Robertson

Presentation 69: Etiology and Outcomes of Superior Oblique Palsy (SOP) in a United Kingdom Pediatric Series
Presenters: Susan P. Mollan
Authors: Susan P. Mollan; W. Joseph Abbott; Harry E. Willshaw; Michael J. Burdon

Presentation 70: Layer-Specific Differences of Normal and Hyperthyroid Extraocular Muscles in C57BL/6 Mice
Presenters: Swaraj Bose
Authors: Swaraj Bose; Chyong Nien; James Jeter

Presentation 71: Giant Cell Arteritis in Asians: A Comparative Study
Presenters: Thomas N. Hwang
Authors: Thomas N. Hwang; Mimi Trager; Luciano S. Pereira; Jenny E. Hong; Kathryn J. Ray; Clarissa Kum; Timothy J. McCulley

Presentation 72: Bi-Nasal Visual Field Defects Associated with Hemifield Slide-Related Diplopia
Presenters: John H. Pula
Authors: John H. Pula; Amjad A. Younis; Eric R. Eggenberger

Presentation 73: Levator Superioris Muscle Function in Involutional Blepharoptosis
Presenters: Timothy J. McCulley
Authors: Timothy J. McCulley; Thomas N. Hwang; Luciano S. Pereira

Presentation 74: Optic Neuritis in Castleman Disease
Presenters: Ungsoo Kim
Authors: Ungsoo Kim; Jeong-Min Hwang

Presentation 75: Evaluation of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer with Optical Coherence Tomography in the Early Stage of Ethambutol Induced Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Ungsoo Kim
Authors: Ungsoo Kim; Jeong-Min Hwang

Presentation 76: Complete Visual Recovery after Embolization in Mycotic Aneurysm Complicated by Cavernous Sinus Thrombophlebitis
Presenters: Ungsoo Kim
Authors: Ungsoo Kim; Jeong-Min Hwang

Presentation 77: Optic Perineuritis Secondary to Wegener's Granulomatosis
Presenters: Valerie A. Purvin
Authors: Valerie A. Purvin; Aki Kawasaki

Presentation 78: Clinical Versus Radiological Impressions of Unilateral Optic Nerve Atrophy
Presenters: Vicki M. Chen
Authors: Vicki M. Chen; Joseph F. Rizzo III

Presentation 79: Novel Association of Achiasma, See-Saw Nystagmus, and VACTERL
Presenters: Yaping Joyce Liao
Authors: Yaping Joyce Liao; Saurabh Prakash; Serge Dumoulin; Robert F. Dougherty; Nancy J. Fischbein; Brian A. Wandell

Presentation 80: Amantadine-Induced Corneal Edema
Presenters: Michael S. Lee
Authors: Michael S. Lee; Roger HS Langston; Bennie H. Jeng

Presentation 81: Efferent Neuro-Ophthalmologic Complications from Bilateral Subthalamic Nuclei Deep-Brain Stimulator Implantation
Presenters: Michael S. Lee
Authors: Michael S. Lee; Aileen A. Antonio-Santos; Eric R. Eggenberger

Presentation 82: Correlation between Frisen Grading and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Using Optical Coherence Tomography in Optic Nerve Edema
Presenters: Aileen A. Antonio-Santos
Authors: Aileen A. Antonio-Santos; Eric R. Eggenberger; Hussein Al-Alawi; Elizabeth Nguyen; Nicole E. Pardo; Ronel N. Santos; Sunita Yedavally

Presentation 83: Optical Coherence Tomography Measurement of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer- Thickness of Eyes With Visual Acuity of 20/100 or Worse from Optic Neuropathy of at Least 12 Months' Duration
Presenters: Aileen A. Antonio-Santos
Authors: Aileen A. Antonio-Santos; Eric R. Eggenberger

Presentation 84: Mycophenolate Mofetil (Cellcept) 10 Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
Presenters: Aileen A. Antonio-Santos
Authors: Aileen A. Antonio-Santos; Eric R. Eggenberger; Umar Farooq; Richard Freij

Presentation 85: Vertical Comitance in Skew Deviation
Presenters: John H. Pula
Authors: John H. Pula; Aileen A. Antonio-Santos; Eric R. Eggenberger; Richard Freij

Presentation 86: Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Arising from Cranial Nerve Three
Presenters: Charles C. Wykoff
Authors: Charles C. Wykoff; Byron L. Lam; Craig A. McKeown; Carole D. Brathwaite; Jaclyn A. Biegel; Marc K. Rosenblum; David E. Sandberg

Presentation 87: Cross-Modal Language Processing in the Visual Cortex of the Congenitally Blind
Presenters: Sashank Prasad
Authors: Sashank Prasad; Amy L. Thomas; Geoffrey K. Aguirre

Presentation 88: Hungarian Child with Recurrent Suprasellar Mass and Sequential Visual Loss
Presenters: Gabriella Szatmary
Authors: Gabriella Szatmary

Presentation 89: Paratrigeminal Oculosympathetic Syndrome - A Case Report
Presenters: Sachin S. Kedar
Authors: Sachin S. Kedar; Jonathan Fratkin; Larry J. Parker; Robert M. Herndon; James J. Corbett

Presentation 90: Intracranial Sinus Thrombosis Inducing Papilledema and Proptosis as a Consequence of Severe Ethmoid and Sphenoid Sinusitis
Presenters: Islam M. Zaydan
Authors: Islam M. Zaydan; Warren L. Felton III; Mary Jo Martin; Juliana E. Reeves

Presentation 91: A Palpable Problem
Presenters: Kara F. Warden
Authors: Kara F. Warden; Charles W. Ross; Wayne T. Cornblath

Presentation 92: Extraocular Muscle Infiltration in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Presenters: Sandeep Randhawa
Authors: Sandeep Randhawa; Eve E. Moscato; Raghu Mudumbai