NANOS Annual Meeting #31, 2005
Copper Conference Center, Copper Mountain, Colorado, United States of America
2005-02-13 through 2005-02-17
Meeting statistics: 5 days; 10 programs; 144 presentations; 340 active participants (22 moderators; 114 presenters; 336 authors)
Day 1: Sunday, February 13 (2005-02-13)
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 1
Moderators: Mark L. Moster; Grant T. Liu
Presentation 1: Highly Impossible
Presenters: William A. Fletcher
Presentation 2: Pseudo-Pseudo Orbital Tumor
Presenters: Nicholas T. Monsul
Presentation 3: Her XT Made Me Go ET
Presenters: Norah S. Lincoff
Presentation 4: not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 5: A Diagnosis of Inclusion
Presenters: Iris Ben-Bassat Mizrachi
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 2
Moderators: Laura J. Balcer; Dina A. Jacobs
Presentation 1: Star Light, Star Bright
Presenters: Shannon C. Lynch
Presentation 2: A Man With a Rush
Presenters: Nicola G. Ghazi
Presentation 3: A Star Is Born
Presenters: Nadia A. Kazim
Presentation 4: Hard to Get
Presenters: Ruth Huna-Baron
Presentation 5: not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 3
Moderators: Peter J. Savino; Nicholas J. Volpe
Presentation 1: Invasion of the Nerve Snatchers Part III
Presenters: Donna L. Hill
Presentation 2: A Giant Step for Mankind
Presenters: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham
Presentation 3: Junction, Junction, What's Your Function?
Presenters: Joseph G. Chacko
Presentation 4: Bright Meninges; Dim Doctors
Presenters: Valerie Biousse
Presentation 5: Once Upon an MRI Dreary...
Presenters: Richard L. Levy
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 4
Moderators: Steven L. Galetta; Kenneth S. Shindler
Presentation 1: MacKenzie's Legacy
Presenters: Elena R. Drudy
Presentation 2: When All Else Fails, Lay on Hands
Presenters: Roger E. Turbin
Presentation 3: not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 4: A 19-Year-Old Man With Dizziness and Blackout Spells
Presenters: Neil R. Miller
Presentation 5: An Obvious Case of Giant Cell Arteritis
Presenters: Kevin M. Barrett
Day 2: Monday, February 14 (2005-02-14)
Program: Headache Symposium
Moderators: Benjamin M. Frishberg; Gregory P. Van Stavern
Presentation 1: Migraine: Diagnosis and Evaluation
Presenters: Benjamin M. Frishberg
Presentation 2: The Physiology of Migraine Aura
Presenters: Peter J. Goadsby
Presentation 3: Clinical Spectrum of Migraine Aura Without Headache
Presenters: Janet C. Rucker
Presentation 4: Persistent Migraine Visual Aura
Presenters: Gregory P. Van Stavern
Presentation 5: The Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias
Presenters: Peter J. Goadsby
Presentation 6: Shedding Light on Photophobia
Presenters: Kathleen B. Digre
Presentation 7: Overview of Acute and Preventive Therapy for Migraine
Presenters: Judy C. Lane
Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 1)
Moderators: John B. Selhorst; Kathleen B. Digre
Presentation 1: Visual Fields in the Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Treatment Trial at Baseline and Follow-up
Presenters: Steven E. Feldon
Presentation 2: Prophylaxis for Second Eye Involvement in Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: A Multicenter Trial of Topical Brimonidine Purite
Presenters: Nancy J. Newman
Presentation 3: The Association Between Glaucomatous Visual Fields and Optic Disc Nerve Head Features in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS)
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Presentation 4: Ocular Motor Dysfunction in Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: Effects of Treatment
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Presentation 5: Arachnoid Granulations and Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow: An In-Vitro Model for Blood-Brain Barrier
Presenters: Deborah M. Grzybowski
Presentation 6: Contemporary Imaging of Multiple Sclerosis Using Triple-dose and 3.0 T: Preliminary Safety Data from the "BECOME" Study
Presenters: Roger E. Turbin
Presentation 7: RAREbit: A Novel Perimetric Strategy for Detection of Subtle Optic Nerve Dysfunction - not available for Web publication
Presenters: Steven A. Newman
Day 3: Tuesday, February 15 (2005-02-15)
Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 2)
Moderators: John B. Kerrison; Louise A. Mawn; Jason JS Barton; Ruth Huna-Baron
Presentation 1: Is Silicone Oil Optic Neuropathy Depending on Intraocular Pressure (Alone)? An Experimental Study
Presenters: Pascal Knecht
Presentation 2: Novel OPA1 Mutations and mtDNA Haplotype Analysis in Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
Presenters: Michael D. Brown
Presentation 3: A Quantitative Approach to Identifying Delayed Latencies in the Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential (mfVEP)
Presenters: Christopher J. Rodarte
Presentation 4: Comparison of Functional Visual Loss in Adults and Children
Presenters: Su Ann Lim
Presentation 5: Immunomodulatory Therapies and Low Dose Azathioprine Reverse Partially and Significantly Visual and Neurologic Deficits in Progressive Forms of Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Dan G. Milder
Presentation 6: A New Theory for Bitemporal Hemianopia with Chiasmal Compression
Presenters: Gawn G. McIlwaine
Presentation 7: Measurement of Axon Loss with Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Fiona Costello
Presentation 8: Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT) After Brain Damage: Retrospective Analysis of 300 Patients and Confirmation of Restoration by Retina-stabilized Perimetry
Presenters: Bernard A. Sabel
Presentation 9: FL-41 Tinted Lenses for the Treatment of Benign Essential Blepharospasm
Presenters: Marcus K. Blackburn
Presentation 10: Visual Dysfunction in MS Is Associated with Abnormalities in Normal-Appearing Gray and White Matter
Presenters: Laura J. Balcer
Presentation 11: Obesity Profile, Risk Factors, and Quality of Life in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)
Presenters: Anthony B. Daniels
Presentation 12: Alterations in Spontaneous and Light-evoked Ganglion Cell Activity During Retinal Degeneration in rd1 Mice
Presenters: Steven F. Stasheff
Presentation 13: Multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Clare L. Fraser
Presentation 14: Origin of the Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect in Optic Tract Lesions
Presenters: Randy H. Kardon
Program: Poster Presentations
Moderators: John L. Keltner; Neil R. Miller
Presentation 1: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 2: Subacute Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia: A Paraneoplastic Manifestation of Myxoid Liposarcoma
Presenters: Jane W. Chan
Presentation 3: Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy with Good Visual Acuity
Presenters: Aileen A. Antonio-Santos
Presentation 4: Light Emission Diode (LED) Displays and Oscillopsias
Presenters: Aileen A. Antonio-Santos
Presentation 5: Transorbital Penetrating Brainstem Injuries: A Report of Three Cases
Presenters: Laurel M. Quinn
Presentation 6: Too Be(nign) or Not Too Be(nign)? That Is the Question
Presenters: Pouya N. Dayani
Presentation 7: A Case of Ocular Ischemic Syndrome (OIS) Due to Bilateral Occlusive Lesion of Internal Carotid Arteries (ICAs)
Presenters: Yuko Emoto
Presentation 8: Post-Lumbar Puncture Macular Hemorrhage in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: James R. Lewis
Presentation 9: Case Report: Severe Visual Loss Associated with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) in Pregnancy
Presenters: Katherine J. Zamecki
Presentation 10: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 11: Primary Large B-Cell Intraocular-Central Nervous System Lymphoma Associated with Auditory Hallucinations and Psychotic Episodes
Presenters: Marco E. Casotti
Presentation 12: MRI Findings in Acquired Hyperopia with Choroidal Folds
Presenters: Terry D. Wood
Presentation 13: Optic Nerve/Nerve Fiber Layer Imaging in Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Presentation 14: The Prevalence of Epilepsy in Patients with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Presenters: Nathan R. Egan
Presentation 15: Functional Visual Loss in Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders
Presenters: Robert A. Egan
Presentation 16: The Contribution of Neuro-Ophthalmic Findings to the Diagnosis of Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Atypical Presentations
Presenters: Iris Ben-Bassat Mizrachi
Presentation 17: The Evolution of Retinal Edema and Cherry Red Spot in Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: A Photographic Study
Presenters: Iris Ben-Bassat Mizrachi
Presentation 18: Formed Visual Hallucinations in Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
Presenters: Ivy J. Dreizin
Presentation 19: A Spectrum of Midbrain Tegmental Strokes: Review of Four Cases
Presenters: Won I. Kim
Presentation 20: Homonymous Hemianopias: Evaluation of 904 Cases
Presenters: Xiaojun Zhang
Presentation 21: Recovery of Homonymous Hemianopia
Presenters: Xiaojun Zhang
Presentation 22: Compressive Optic Neuropathy Related to Surgicel: A New Compartment Syndrome
Presenters: Jade S. Schiffman
Presentation 23: Post-traumatic Orbital Subperiosteal Hematoma (PTOSH): Neuro-Radiologic and Clinical Features
Presenters: Edgardo Ulysses N. Dorotheo
Presentation 24: Adalimumab-Associated Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Jacob H. Chung
Presentation 25: Biodiscovery of Novel Therapies for Optic Nerve Disease
Presenters: John B. Kerrison
Presentation 26: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 27: Combining 3D fMRI-DTI and Visual Field Testing: A Comprehensive Pre-Surgical Approach to Lesions Involving Optic Radiation
Presenters: Anat Kesler
Presentation 28: Combined Surgical and Drug Treatment of Acquired Pendular Nystagmus and Oscillopsia in MS
Presenters: Louis F. Dell'Osso
Presentation 29: The Damping Effects of Full-field Optokinetic Backgrounds on Fusion Maldevelopment Nystagmus
Presenters: Jonathan B. Jacobs
Presentation 30: Optic Nerve Glioma in Adults
Presenters: Jacqueline A. Leavitt
Presentation 31: Bitemporal Hemianopic Scotoma Caused by a Demyelinating Lesion in the Posterior Chiasm
Presenters: Satoshi Kashii
Presentation 32: Case Report: Papillo-renal Syndrome
Presenters: Francois Evoy
Presentation 33: Retinal Ganglion Cell Loss in a Mouse Model of Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Kenneth S. Shindler
Presentation 34: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 35: Thickening of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Observed in a Patient with Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Waki Fujie
Presentation 36: Isolated Mitochondrial Myopathy Diagnosed on Extraocular Muscle Biopsy
Presenters: Mitchell B. Strominger
Presentation 37: Neuro-Ophthalmologic Injury Patterns in Military-related Trauma
Presenters: Prem S. Subramanian
Presentation 39: Clinical Characterization of a New Congenital Ocular Motility Syndrome
Presenters: Thomas M. Bosley
Presentation 40: Primary Oculomotor Neuromyotonia Due to a Small Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm
Presenters: Mitchell J. Wolin
Presentation 41: Cerebrospinal ACE Levels in Diabetics Are Different Than in Non-Diabetics: A Pilot Study of Standard CSF-ACE Levels Using Mouse Monoclonal Antibodies Generated Against Human ACE
Presenters: Hadas Stiebel-Kalish
Presentation 42: Scleral Canal Width in Patients with Elevated Intracranial Pressure without Papilledema
Presenters: Rudrani Banik
Presentation 43: The Bankstown Cohort of Patients with Constricted Visual Fields
Presenters: R. Frank Gorman
Presentation 44: Extrastriate Blindness: A Common Illness in General Practice
Presenters: R. Frank Gorman
Presentation 45: Quandaries in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: R. Frank Gorman
Presentation 46: Homonymous Hemianopia in Childhood
Presenters: Sachin S. Kedar
Presentation 47: Congruency and Homonymous Hemianopia
Presenters: Sachin S. Kedar
Presentation 48: Transient Monocular Visual Loss from Impending Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
Presenters: R. Keith Shuler Jr
Presentation 49: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and Thrombophilia
Presenters: Karl C. Golnik
Presentation 50: Changes in Papilledema, Headache, and Life Status in Response to Diet and Glucophage in Women with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) With and Without Concurrent Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or Hyperinsulinemia
Presenters: Karl C. Golnik
Presentation 51: Gaze-Evoked Tinnitus Associated with a Pineal Region Tumor
Presenters: Charles G. Maitland
Presentation 52: Bilateral Optic Disc Swelling in Cystinosis
Presenters: M. Gabriela Wirth
Presentation 53: Divergence Paresis: Results of the Surgical Treatment and Discussion of Current Theories
Presenters: Gregory S. Kosmorsky
Presentation 54: Prevalence of Venous Sinus Stenosis in Pseudotumor Cerebri Using the ATECO MR Venography Technique
Presenters: Gregory M. Haffner
Presentation 55: Bilateral Simultaneous Central Retinal Arterial Occlusion Due to Giant Cell Arteritis in a Young Adult
Presenters: Guruswami Arunagiri
Presentation 56: Ocular Thromboembolism with Tamoxifen
Presenters: Guruswami Arunagiri
Presentation 57: Optical Coherence Tomography of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
Presenters: Joseph G. Chacko
Presentation 58: Ocular Blood Flow Before and After Carotid Endarterectomy
Presenters: Hana Leiba
Presentation 59: Electroretinographic Abnormalities in a Case of Rosenberg-Chutorian Syndrome
Presenters: Joanna D. Pruzon
Presentation 60: Neuromyotonia of the Abducens Nerve After Radiation Therapy - A Case Series
Presenters: Zena Lim I-Linn
Presentation 61: Linezolid-Associated Toxic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Janet C. Rucker
Presentation 62: Motor Neuron Disease with Dropped Hands and Downbeat Nystagmus: A Novel Syndrome
Presenters: Janet C. Rucker
Presentation 63: Extraocular Muscle Mitochondrial Abnormalities in Experimental Hyperthyroid Mice
Presenters: Swaraj Bose
Presentation 64: Charles Bonnet Syndrome in Mild and Moderate Visual Loss
Presenters: Rudrani Banik
Presentation 65: Microvascular Cranial Nerve Palsies: Risk Factor Analysis
Presenters: Rudrani Banik
Presentation 66: Transient, Recurrent, Spontaneous Oculomotor Palsy in Normal Patients
Presenters: Michael S. Lee
Presentation 67: Infliximab Associated Third Nerve Palsy
Presenters: Michael S. Lee
Presentation 68: Usage of Rapamune (Sirolimus) in the Treatment of Muslinoma
Presenters: Kiran Kumar Vallam
Presentation 69: Basilar Artery Dolichoectasia Neuro-Ophthalmic Presentation
Presenters: Kiran Kumar Vallam
Presentation 70: Validation of a 10-Item Neuro-Ophthalmic Supplement to the VFQ-25
Presenters: Brian A. Raphael
Presentation 71: Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Measurement in a Patient with Unilateral Papilledema
Presenters: Susan M. Pepin
Presentation 72: Paradoxical Worsening of Brain Tuberculomas with Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy
Presenters: Fiona Costello
Presentation 73: HIV Associated Muscle Wasting with Orbicularis Oculi Muscle Atrophy and Lagophthalmos Resembling Facial Nerve Palsy
Presenters: Timothy J. McCulley
Presentation 74: Unilateral Blepharoptosis and Hering's Law
Presenters: Timothy J. McCulley
Presentation 75: Comparing Primary Surgical Interventions in Patients with Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Susan C. Benes
Presentation 76: Ocular Chorea
Presenters: Aileen A. Antonio-Santos
Presentation 77: Ethambutol Toxic Optic Neuropathy in a Single Clinical Practice
Presenters: Ronel N. Santos
Presentation 78: Neuroborreliosis with Bilateral Involvement of Cranial Nerves Two, Four, Six, Seven and Eight
Presenters: Rupan Trikha
Presentation 79: The Reproducibility of Fully Automated Kinetic and Static Perimetry Using the Octopus 101
Presenters: Emily A. DeCarlo
Presentation 80: Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations and Clinical Course of Brainstem Gliomas in Adults
Presenters: Dean M. Cestari
Presentation 81: Tracking Local Latency Changes After Optic Neuritis Using the Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential (mfVEP) Technique
Presenters: E. Bo Yang
Presentation 82: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 83: Optic Nerve Atrophy Associated with Cerebellar Hypoplasia: Is This a Variant of Joubert's Syndrome or a New Syndrome?
Presenters: Heather M. Bartlett
Presentation 84: A Case of Fabry's Disease Presenting with Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Hideki Chuman
Day 4: Wednesday, February 16 (2005-02-16)
Program: Hot Topics (Controversies)
Moderators: Klara Landau; Robert A. Egan
Presentation 1: Migraine, Stroke, and Patent Foramen Ovale — Three Strange Bedfellows
Presenters: Louis R. Caplan
Presentation 2: Stenting for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Deborah I. Friedman
Presentation 3: Point: Counter Point: How Should the Clinically Isolated Syndrome of Optic Neuritis Be Treated?
Presenters: Steven L. Galetta
Presentation 4: Myasthenia Gravis: Recent Developments
Presenters: Henry J. Kaminski
Day 5: Thusday, February 17 (2005-02-17)
Program: Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Symposium
Moderators: Sean P. Donahue; Cameron F. Parsa
Presentation 1: Visual Impairment in Childhood - not available for Web publication
Presenters: Sean P. Donahue
Presentation 2: Neuro-ophthalmologic Evaluation of Infants and Children: A Review of Examination Techniques and Relevant Laboratory, Electrophysiologic, and Radiologic Procedures
Presenters: Joel M. Weinstein
Presentation 3: Clinical Congenital Nystagmus, Evaluation and Treatment
Presenters: Creig S. Hoyt
Presentation 4: Congenital and Neurodegenerative Retinal Disorders and Infantile Nystagmus
Presenters: Richard A. Lewis
Presentation 5: Delayed Visual Maturation and Cortical Visual Impairment
Presenters: Creig S. Hoyt
Presentation 6: Management and Ophthalmologic Outcomes of Non-Optic Nerve Brain Tumors
Presenters: Michael X. Repka
Presentation 7: Sturge-Weber Syndrome and the Phakomatoses: Odd Man Found Out
Presenters: Cameron F. Parsa
Presentation 8: Dangerous Strabismus — Reading the Signs
Presenters: Edward G. Buckley
Presentation 9: Optic Nerve Hypoplasia Update
Presenters: Mark S. Borchert