The Plump Pituitary

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Identifier walsh_1992_s2_c1
Title The Plump Pituitary
Creator Michael L. Slavin, MD
Affiliation Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
Subject Pupil Disorders; Optic Chiasm; Central Nervous System Cysts; Nerve Compression Syndromes; Iatrogenic Disease
History A 43-year old female with a 3-week history of decreased bilateral vision, left > right Previous history significant for reconstructive transsphenoidal surgery.
Pathology Intrasellar and suprasellar cytic lesion
Disease/Diagnosis Iatrogenic compression of sellar and suprasellar exogenous fat after trans-sphenoidal resection
Clinical VA: 20/30 OD, 4/200 OS; RAPD OS
Presenting Symptom Decreasing vision OU; Headache
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Surgery
Date 1992
References 1. Ebersold, MJ, Quast, LM, Laws, ER, Scheithauer, B, Randall, RV: Long term results in transsphenoidal removal of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas. J Neurosurg 64:713-19, 1986. 2. Trautmann, JC, Laws, ER: Visual status after transsphenoidal surgery at the Mayo clinic, 1071-1972. A. J Ophthalmol 96:200-8, 1983.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 19th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of 1992 Walsh Session, February 27-29
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s62f7r62
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 177826
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62f7r62
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