Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Stalk Presenting as Optic Neuropathy

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Identifier 20090224_nanos_posters_068.pdf
Title Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Stalk Presenting as Optic Neuropathy
Creator Shlomo Dotan; Moshe Gomori; Sergey Spektor; Eytan Z. Blumenthal
Affiliation Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Subject Granular Cell Tumor; Pituitary Stalk Tumor; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Optic Neuropathy; Bitemporal Hemianopia
Description Symptomatic granular cell tumors of the pituitary stalk are rare tumors. They comprise less than 0.1% of primary brain tumors. The presenting symptoms include insidious but progressive development of headache, bitemporal visual field defects, reduced visual acuity and pituitary insufficiency.
Date 2009-02-24
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2009 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2009: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6wq395x
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 180618
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wq395x
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