Isolated sixth cranial nerve palsy as the presenting symptom of a rapidly expanding ACTH positive pituitary adenoma: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pituitary adenoma may present with neuro-ophthalmic manifestations and, typically, rapid tumor expansion is the result of apoplexy. Herein, we present the first case of an isolated sixth cranial nerve palsy as initial feature of a ra...

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Main Authors: Kim Alice, Mikolaenko Irina, Kaplow Elizabeth, Saffra Norman, Rubin Benjamin, Jafar Jafar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2415/11/4