NANOS Annual Meeting #23, 1997
The Keystone Resort, Keystone, Colorado, United States of America
1997-02-09 through 1997-02-13
Meeting statistics: 5 days; 10 programs; 97 presentations; 208 active participants (11 moderators; 81 presenters; 208 authors)

Day 1: Sunday, February 9 (1997-02-09)

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 1)
Moderators: Mark J. Kupersmith

Presentation 1: Habituation-Like Response in the Striate Cortex During Functional MRI Activation
Presenters: Robert M. McFadzean
Authors: Robert M. McFadzean; Barrie C. Condon; Donald M. Hadley; Michael S. Bradnam; Uma Shahani

Presentation 2: Visual Fields in Patients with Posterior GPi Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Disease
Presenters: Valerie Biousse
Authors: Valerie Biousse; Nancy J. Newman; Jerrold L. Vitek; Roy AE Bakay; Mahlon R. Delong

Presentation 3: Characteristics of the Decompensated Monofixation Syndrome: A Cause of Acquired Diplopia in Adults
Presenters: Gail L. Ganser
Authors: Gail L. Ganser; R. Michael Siatkowski

Presentation 4: Suppression Scotoma Size in Anisometropic Amblyopia
Presenters: Sean P. Donahue
Authors: Sean P. Donahue; Kim E. Stanek; Michael H. Wall

Presentation 5: Diabetic Papillopathy: Clinical Features and Fluorescein Angiographic Evidence of Optic Disc Ischemia
Presenters: Anthony C. Arnold
Authors: Anthony C. Arnold; MS Petrovich

Presentation 6: A Case-Controlled Study of Risk Factors in Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Daniel M. Jacobson
Authors: Daniel M. Jacobson; Robert A. Vierkant; Edward A. Belongia

Presentation 7: Visual Loss from Arterial Steal in Patients with Maxillofacial AVM
Presenters: Susan Andracchi
Authors: Susan Andracchi; Mark J. Kupersmith; Peter Kim Nelson; Jason S. Slakter; Avi A. Setton; Alejandro Berenstein

Presentation 8: Induction of Gene Expression after Retinal Ganglion Cell Axotomy
Presenters: Leonard A. Levin
Authors: Leonard A. Levin; Kati Geszvain

Day 2: Monday, February 10 (1997-02-10)

Program: New Therapies in Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Radiation Therapy
Moderators: Steven A. Newman; Valerie A. Purvin

Presentation 1: Horizons in Neurosurgery: Skull Base Surgery
Presenters: Linda L. Sternau
Authors: Linda L. Sternau

Presentation 2: Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Benign Orbital Disease
Presenters: Michael Kazim
Authors: Michael Kazim

Presentation 3: Stereotaxis, Registration and Neuronavigation
Presenters: Patrick J. Kelly
Authors: Patrick J. Kelly

Presentation 4: Advances in Neuroradiology: Coils and Angioplasty
Presenters: Jacques E. Dion
Authors: Jacques E. Dion

Presentation 5: Stereotactic Thalamotomy in the Treatment of Patients with Movement Disorders
Presenters: Patrick J. Kelly
Authors: Patrick J. Kelly

Presentation 6: Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Explanations, Outcomes and Complications
Presenters: Scott L. Stafford
Authors: Scott L. Stafford

Program: Poster Presentations (Session 1)
Moderators: not available

Presentation 1: Central Cone Dystrophy
Presenters: Robert L. Lesser
Authors: Robert L. Lesser; Scott E. Brodie

Presentation 2: Acquired Supranuclear Ocular Motor Paresis after Cardiac Surgery
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Authors: Andrew G. Lee; Todd R. Devere; Silvia D. Orengo-Nania; M. Bowes Hamill; Joseph S. Coselli; Dawn R. Bhasin

Presentation 3: Cholinergic Supersensitivity Associated with Inferior Division Oculomotor Nerve Palsies
Presenters: Alan J. Franklin
Authors: Alan J. Franklin; Salvador Cruz-Flores; Sophia M. Chung; John B. Selhorst

Presentation 4: Elevated Superior Sagittal Sinus Venous Pressure in a Man with Papilledema and an "Occult" Dural Arteriovenous Malformation (DAVM)
Presenters: Timothy J. Martin
Authors: Timothy J. Martin; Don A. Bell

Presentation 5: The Effect of Unreliable Visual Fields on Recruitment in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS)
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Authors: John L. Keltner; Chris A. Johnson; John O. Spurr; Michael A. Kass; Mae O. Gordon

Presentation 6: MRI Analysis of the Oculomotor Nerve in Ophthalmoplegic Migraine
Presenters: Thomas J. Carlow
Authors: Thomas J. Carlow

Presentation 7: Papilledema in the Pulmonary Patient
Presenters: Brian D. Ellis
Authors: Brian D. Ellis; Gregory S. Kosmorsky

Presentation 8: A Painful Sixth Nerve Paresis Caused by Metastatic Breast Carcinoma to the Clivus
Presenters: Norah S. Lincoff
Authors: Norah S. Lincoff; Pamela P. Rath

Presentation 9: Seven Recurrent Palsies of a Sixth Nerve
Presenters: Shlomo A. Dotan
Authors: Shlomo A. Dotan; Eytan Z. Blumenthal; J. Moshe Gomori

Presentation 10: Cyclosporin Induced Leukodystrophy: A Case Report
Presenters: Asim R. Piracha
Authors: Asim R. Piracha; Henry S. O'Halloran; Robert S. Baker

Presentation 11: Divergence Insufficiency
Presenters: Steven A. Newman
Authors: Steven A. Newman; Roxane N. Tyndall

Presentation 12: Central Retinal Venous Occlusion in Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Hypercoagulable State?
Presenters: Misha L. Pless
Authors: Misha L. Pless

Presentation 13: Posterior Fossa Vascular Malformation Presenting as Isolated IV Nerve Palsy
Presenters: Federico F. Sadun
Authors: Federico F. Sadun; P. Pivetti Pezzi; Massimo Taccone-Gallucci

Presentation 14: Intracranial Hypertension Associated with Minocycline
Presenters: Mark F. Torres
Authors: Mark F. Torres; Eugene F. May; Fumiaki Watanabe; Keith J. Wroblewski; Marybeth A. Grazko

Presentation 15: Denervation Atrophy of Motor Cranial Nerves
Presenters: Warren L. Felton III
Authors: Warren L. Felton III; Wendy RK Smoker; Fred J. Laine; Craig P. Russo

Presentation 16: Pictorial Neuro-Ophthalmology - Part 3
Presenters: Tadashi Fujino
Authors: Tadashi Fujino

Presentation 17: Optic Atrophy: Effectiveness of Diagnostic Procedures
Presenters: Hana Leiba
Authors: Hana Leiba; Anat Kesler; Yochanan Goldhammer

Presentation 18: Gravity Inversion and Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Gangadhara JK Sundar
Authors: Gangadhara JK Sundar; Victoria Recio; Barry Skarf; Sharon J. Johnstone

Presentation 19: Intrasellar Arachnoid Cyst: A Case Study of Spontaneous Decompression
Presenters: Benjamin B. Chun
Authors: Benjamin B. Chun; William F. Coughlin; David T. Floyd; Eugene F. May

Presentation 20: Congenital Nystagmus Braking Saccade Characteristics
Presenters: Louis F. Dell'Osso
Authors: Louis F. Dell'Osso; Jonathan B. Jacobs

Presentation 21: Serous Retinal Detachment with Swelling of the Optic Disc after a Bee Sting
Presenters: Hanspeter E. Killer
Authors: Hanspeter E. Killer; Anita M. Eggmann; Andreas Forrer

Presentation 22: Homonymous Horizontal Sectoranopia and the Central Field
Presenters: Satoshi Kashii
Authors: Satoshi Kashii

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 2)
Moderators: Nancy J. Newman

Presentation 1: The Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial: Five Year Neurologic Follow-Up Results
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Authors: Mark J. Kupersmith

Presentation 2: The Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial: Five Year Visual Function Follow-Up Results
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Authors: Mark J. Kupersmith

Presentation 3: Perioptic Meningioma in Neurofibromatosis Type 2
Presenters: Klara Landau
Authors: Klara Landau; Eugen Boltshauser

Presentation 4: Can Humphrey Perimetry 24-2 be Substituted for 30-2 without Loss of Information?
Presenters: John M. Khoury
Authors: John M. Khoury; Sean P. Donahue; Patrick JM Lavin

Presentation 5: A Practice Pathway for the Inital Diagnostic Evaluation of Isolated Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsies
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Authors: Andrew G. Lee; Randee Miller; Thomas C. Prager; Raymund Garza; Patricia F. Jenkins; Paul D. Sforza Jr; Alan M. Verm; David I. Kaufman; Wendy G. Robinson; Jade S. Schiffman

Presentation 6: Unusual Ocular Motility Disturbances in Pseudotumor Cerebri
Presenters: Deborah I. Friedman
Authors: Deborah I. Friedman

Presentation 7: Prognostic Value of Contrast Enhanced MRI in Acute Isolated Optic Neuritis: A Short Term Follow Up Study
Presenters: Stefania Bianchi-Marzoli
Authors: Stefania Bianchi-Marzoli; Carmen Rojo; Francesco Scomazzoni; Paola Ciasca; Massimo Filippi; Rosario Brancato

Presentation 8: Spontaneous Regression of a Familial Optic Glioma: Documentation by Serial MR Scans over Eight Years in a Boy with Probable NF-1
Presenters: Cameron F. Parsa
Authors: Cameron F. Parsa; Irina V. Rubtsova; William F. Hoyt

Day 3: Tuesday, February 11 (1997-02-11)

Program: New Developments in Cerebrovascular Disease
Moderators: Louis R. Caplan; Shelley A. Cross

Presentation 1: Update on Cerebral Venous Occlusive Disease
Presenters: Shelley A. Cross
Authors: Shelley A. Cross

Presentation 2: Neuro-Ophthalmologic Complications of Cerebral Vasculitis
Presenters: Steven L. Galetta
Authors: Steven L. Galetta

Presentation 3: Homocystinuria and Stroke
Presenters: Aki Kawasaki
Authors: Aki Kawasaki

Presentation 4: Diffusion-Weighted and Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ischemic Stroke
Presenters: Marc Fisher
Authors: Marc Fisher

Presentation 5: Thrombolytic and Cytoprotective Therapies for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Clinical Overview
Presenters: Marc Fisher
Authors: Marc Fisher

Presentation 6: Vascular Occlusive Lesions and Visual Field Abnormalities
Presenters: Louis R. Caplan
Authors: Louis R. Caplan

Program: Poster Presentations (Session 2)
Moderators: not available

Presentation 1: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Quality of Life
Presenters: Kathleen B. Digre
Authors: Kathleen B. Digre

Presentation 2: Brain Histopathology in a Patient with Suspected Susac Syndrome
Presenters: P. Andrew Pearson
Authors: P. Andrew Pearson; Henry S. O'Halloran; Joseph R. Berger; Robert S. Baker

Presentation 3: Measurement of Reading Performance with Rotated Text to Evaluate a Potential Reading Strategy for Patients with Homonymous Hemianopia
Presenters: Monique J. Charest
Authors: Monique J. Charest; Lorna S. Jakobson; Martin W. ten Hove

Presentation 4: Optic Tract Syndrome - A Review of Fourteen Cases with MRI Findings
Presenters: Gerard L. Hershewe
Authors: Gerard L. Hershewe; Tedd M. McDonald

Presentation 5: Pulsatile Peripapillary Staphyloma
Presenters: Ghassan J. Cordahi
Authors: Ghassan J. Cordahi; Henry S. O'Halloran; Robert S. Baker

Presentation 6: Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Intracranial Dolichoectasia
Presenters: Valerie A. Purvin
Authors: Valerie A. Purvin; Aki Kawasaki

Presentation 7: Graves' Ophthalmopathy Following HTLV-I Infection
Presenters: Susan C. Benes
Authors: Susan C. Benes

Presentation 8: Evolution of Anesthetic Techniques for Optic Nerve Sheath Decompression
Presenters: John M. Ramocki
Authors: John M. Ramocki; Thomas C. Spoor; John G. McHenry; Raymond G. Magauran; Dong H. Shin

Presentation 9: Common Radiological Pitfalls in Ophthalmology and Neuro-Ophthalmology Practice
Presenters: Robyn J. Wolintz
Authors: Robyn J. Wolintz; Wayne T. Cornblath; Jonathan D. Trobe

Presentation 10: Comparison of Intracranial Pressure in Zucker Fatty Rats and Sprague-Dawley Rats
Presenters: Deborah I. Friedman
Authors: Deborah I. Friedman; Pamela Ingram; P. Crabtree

Presentation 11: Three Cases of Ganglioglioma: An Immunohistochemical Correlation of Cellular Biological Features
Presenters: Richard M. Rubin
Authors: Richard M. Rubin; Arturo Carta; Hossein G. Saadati; Jackson M. Rowland; Sherry J. Bass; Alfredo A. Sadun

Presentation 12: Neuro-Ophthalmic Findings in Patients with Presumed Toluene-Induced Central Nervous System Demyelination
Presenters: Derek R. Smith
Authors: Derek R. Smith; Elliot M. Frohman; Misha L. Pless

Presentation 13: Unique Neurologic Sequelae of Penetrating Orbital Trauma
Presenters: Sharon M. Napier
Authors: Sharon M. Napier; Robert S. Baker

Presentation 14: Enophthalmos Due to Metastatic Breast Adenocarcinoma
Presenters: Wolf-Dietrich A. Lagreze
Authors: Wolf-Dietrich A. Lagreze; Guntram Kommerell

Presentation 15: Eye Movements in Canine Hemiachiasma
Presenters: Louis F. Dell'Osso
Authors: Louis F. Dell'Osso; Robert W. Williams; Dale Hogan

Presentation 16: Primary Orbital Soft Tissue Extramedullar Plasmacytoma
Presenters: Warren L. Felton III
Authors: Warren L. Felton III; George E. Sanborn; Andrew P. Ferry; Saul P. Kay; Wendy RK Smoker

Presentation 17: The Duration of Visual Improvement Following Levodopa and Carbidopa Use in Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Authors: Andrew G. Lee; Lenworth N. Johnson; Gregory B. Krohel; Richard W. Madsen; Silvia D. Orengo-Nania; Robert D. Yee

Presentation 18: Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy; 10 Gy Versus 18 Gy Retrobulbar Radiation Therapy
Presenters: Antonella Boschi
Authors: Antonella Boschi; Laurette Renard; Carine Kirkove; Chantal Daumerie

Presentation 19: Successful Treatment of Occipital Lobe Arteriovenous Malformations with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Presenters: Henry S. O'Halloran
Authors: Henry S. O'Halloran; Robert S. Baker; J. Thomas Adkins

Presentation 20: Clinical and Radiological Analysis of Neurosarcoidosis
Presenters: Victoria Recio
Authors: Victoria Recio; Gregory A. Christoforidis; Barry Skarf; Gangadhara JK Sundar

Presentation 21: Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Associated with Internal Carotid Artery Dissection
Presenters: Valerie Biousse
Authors: Valerie Biousse; Monique Schaison; Pierre-Jean Touboul; Jacques D'Anglejan-Chatillon; Marie-Germaine Bousser

Presentation 22: Enzyme Immunoassay Method for Detection of Bartonella Henselae in Nine Patients with a Clinical Diagnosis of Cat-Scratch Disease Neuroretinitis
Presenters: Timothy J. Martin
Authors: Timothy J. Martin; Craig M. Greven; Benedict L. Wasilauskas

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 3)
Moderators: William F. Hoyt

Presentation 1: Increased Intra-Abdominal Pressure and Cardiac Filling Pressures in Obesity Associated with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Warren L. Felton III
Authors: Warren L. Felton III; Harvey J. Sugerman; Eric J. DeMaria; Mitsuru N. Nakatsuka; Aristides N. Sismanis

Presentation 2: Prognosis of Visual Field Defects in Stroke
Presenters: Nayan P. Desai
Authors: Nayan P. Desai; Amjad M. Hammad; Loren A. Dominguez; Doozie Snider; Eric R. Eggenberger

Presentation 3: Visual Outcome in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis after One Year of Therapy
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Authors: Mark J. Kupersmith; Regina Langer; Stephen A. Paget; Hal J. Mitnick; Harry Spiera

Presentation 4: Asymmetric Papilledema in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Prospective Interocular Comparison of Sensory Visual Function
Presenters: Michael H. Wall
Authors: Michael H. Wall; William N. White II

Presentation 5: Cancer Associated Retinopathy Negative for 23kd Antibody
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Authors: John L. Keltner; Charles E. Thirkill

Presentation 6: Transneuronal Retinal Input to the Primate Edinger-Westphal Nucleus
Presenters: Jonathan C. Horton
Authors: Jonathan C. Horton; Hratch D. Kourouyan

Presentation 7: Physiologic Anisocoria
Presenters: Mason F. Bias
Authors: Mason F. Bias; Michael L. Rosenberg

Presentation 8: The Pulfrich Effect and Its Relationship to Retinal Illumination
Presenters: Michael S. Vaphiades
Authors: Michael S. Vaphiades; Eric R. Eggenberger

Day 4: Wednesday, February 12 (1997-02-12)

Program: Infections of the Central Nervous System
Moderators: Roy J. Meckler; Alfredo A. Sadun

Presentation 1: Nemo-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Basilar Meningitis
Presenters: Jade S. Schiffman
Authors: Jade S. Schiffman

Presentation 2: Orbital Cellulitis and Paranasal Sinus Disease
Presenters: Steven E. Feldon
Authors: Steven E. Feldon

Presentation 3: Prion Diseases and Neuro-Ophthalmology
Presenters: Eric R. Eggenberger
Authors: Eric R. Eggenberger

Presentation 4: Brain Abscesses
Presenters: Roy J. Meckler
Authors: Roy J. Meckler; Jason M. Meckler

Presentation 5: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Presenters: Daniel M. Jacobson
Authors: Daniel M. Jacobson

Presentation 6: The Neuro-Ophthalmology of AIDS
Presenters: Alfredo A. Sadun
Authors: Alfredo A. Sadun

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 4)
Moderators: Shlomo A. Dotan

Presentation 1: Features of Eye, Eyelid and Pupil Movements Critical to the Recognition of Aberrant Regeneration of the Oculomotor Nerve Revealed by Infrared and Color Videography
Presenters: Peter H. Spiegel
Authors: Peter H. Spiegel; Randy H. Kardon

Presentation 2: Utility and Validity of Pulfrich's Phenomenon in Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Keith J. Wroblewski
Authors: Keith J. Wroblewski; Eugene F. May; Marybeth A. Grazko; Mark F. Torres; Elizabeth Pulos

Presentation 3: Efferent Pupillographic Asymmetries in Patients with Midbrain Relative Afferent Pupillary Defects: The Tectal "Relative Efferent Pupillary Defect" (REPD)
Presenters: Randy H. Kardon
Authors: Randy H. Kardon; Aki Kawasaki

Presentation 4: Afferent Pupillographic Findings in Patients with Tectal Midbrain Relative Afferent Pupillary Defects: Similarity to Optic Tract Lesions
Presenters: Aki Kawasaki
Authors: Aki Kawasaki; Randy H. Kardon

Day 5: Thursday, February 13 (1997-02-13)

Program: The Pathobiology of Eye Movements
Moderators: William A. Fletcher

Presentation 1: Control of Saccadic Eye Movements
Presenters: Douglas P. Munoz
Authors: Douglas P. Munoz

Presentation 2: Saccadic Intrusion and Oscillations
Presenters: William A. Fletcher
Authors: William A. Fletcher

Presentation 3: Smooth Pursuit: Its Function and Dysfunction
Presenters: Mark J. Morrow
Authors: Mark J. Morrow

Presentation 4: Midbrain Disorders of Eye Movements
Presenters: David M. Waitzman
Authors: David M. Waitzman

Presentation 5: Normal and Abnormal Eye Movements and Aging
Presenters: Janine L. Johnston
Authors: Janine L. Johnston

Presentation 6: Attentional and Psychiatric Influences on Gaze
Presenters: Douglas P. Munoz
Authors: Douglas P. Munoz

Presentation 7: Eye Movements and the Dizzy Patient
Presenters: Gary D. Paige
Authors: Gary D. Paige