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Ophthalmol Case Rep 2017 Volume 1 Issue 1
August 21-23, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
EYE AND VISION
3
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International Conference on
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he presentation will elaborate on five neuro-
ophthalmologic disorders, part of a much longer list,
which can potentially cause death or blindness if not
diagnosed and treated correctly: (i) Aneurysmal third nerve
palsy- the aneurysm is not the most common compressive
lesion causing third nerve palsy, but it has the highest
mortality if untreated; (ii) Giant Cell Arteritis- is an idiopathic
inflammatory vasculitis affecting small to medium size
arteries, which can cause blindness, but also cerebral
infarction and cardiac ischemia; (iii) Myasthenia Gravis- is
an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction,
which has both an ocular and generalized form. Myasthenic
crisis is a neurologic emergency, which could cause paralysis
of the muscles of breathing; (iv) Pituitary apoplexy results
from hemorrhagic infarction of the pituitary gland, and
causes acute endocrine and neurologic symptoms and; (v)
Pseudotumor cerebri or idiopathic intracranial hypertension
is a condition of unknown cause that produces elevated
intracranial pressure and papilledema primarily in young
obese females, and in about 25% of cases might cause visual
dysfunction.
Speaker Biography
Dr. Shlomo Dotan is working as the director of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service at the
Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem for more than two decades.
He is part of the Editorial Board of the esteemed journal - Neuro-Ophthalmology. His
major research project in the past was The Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial Study and
The International Optic Nerve Trauma Study which were published in The New England
Journal of Medicine and several ophthalmological journals. He is currently involved in
several scientific projects investigating therapeutic aspects in MS, NMO and NAION.
He is member of the Israel Medical Association, Israel Ophthalmological Society,
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, American Academy of Ophthalmology,
European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, and the European Ophthalmological Society.
He has been giving lectures worldwide on various ophthalmological and neuro-
ophthalmological topics and has published articles in several prestigious medical
journals. He has been part of many esteemed conferences held in Europe, including
Israel.
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Shlomo Dotan
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel