Neuro-Ophthalmology Service
The Neuro-Ophthalmology Service at the University of Utah John A. Moran Eye Center is equipped to diagnose and manage a wide range of neurological disorders related to the visual pathways and ocular motor systems including:
- optic neuritis (including multiple sclerosis)
- post traumatic visual disorders
- unexplained facial and eye pain
- papilledema (including pseudotumor cerebri)
- ischemic optic neuropathy (including temporal arteritis)
- compressive optic neuropathy
- pituitary tumors
- cerebrovascular disease involving vision
- thyroid eye disease
- myasthenia gravis
- ocular motor nerve disorders
- gaze palsies and nystagmus
- facial movement disorder (blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm)
- unexplained visual loss
Services Include:
- visual fields
- optic nerve function tests (contrast sensitivity, flicker, color testing)
- visual evoked potentials; auditory evoked potentials
- electroretinogram (ERG)
- infrared pupillography and recording
- tensilon testing
- pharmacologic pupil testing
- botulinum injections for blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm
- temporal artery biopsy
- optic nerve sheath decompression for papilledema and progressive ischemic
- optic neuropathy
- surgical correction of paralytic strabismus and thyroid ophthalmoplegia
We have direct and immediate access to the following services at the University of Utah Hospital:
- MRI
- CT
- Carotid noninvasive testing, including: carotid doppler; imaging of the eye and orbit
- cerebral angiography
- MR angiography
- orbital ultrasound with A and B scans