Decreased Vision and Junctional Scotoma from Pituicytoma

Decreased Vision and Junctional Scotoma from Pituicytoma

Pituicytomas are rare neoplasms of the sellar region. We report a case of vision loss and a junctional scotoma in a 43-year-old woman caused by compression of the optic chiasm by a pituitary tumor. The morphological and immunohistochemical characteristics of the tumor were consistent with the diagno...

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Main Authors: Nancy Huynh, Anat O. Stemmer-Rachamimov, Brooke Swearingen, Dean M. Cestari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Junctional scotoma
Pituicytoma
Visual field defect
Sellar tumor
Optic chiasm
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/339242

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