Publications by authors named "J G Odel"

Purpose: We present a case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD) associated with bilateral optic neuropathy progressing to vision loss.

Observations: A 17-year-old male was referred for bilateral optic nerve pallor. Eight years prior, he was diagnosed with KFD after workup for lymphadenopathy and treated with prednisolone acutely followed by long-term Plaquenil.

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Purpose: To present the multimodal imaging and functional exam findings in a case of combined Stargardt disease and idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Methods: The patient was evaluated with multimodal imaging including color fundus photography, short wavelength autofluorescence, spectral domain optical coherence tomography as well as functional testing such as Humphrey visual fields and full-field electroretinogram.

Results: A 35-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of bilateral transient visual obscurations over the course of 2 months.

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Background: Osteopathia striata combined with cranial sclerosis (OS-CS) is an inherited skeletal dysplasia that manifests with macrocephaly, orofacial abnormalities, thickened craniofacial bones, and vertically oriented radiodensities of the long bones.

Case Report: Here, we present a severe case of OS-CS in a 4-year-old girl causing optic neuropathy as shown by radiographic evidence, ophthalmic findings, and histopathology. Previous genetic testing in this patient revealed a heterozygous mutation in (c.

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