Transient Visual Loss induced by Pregnancy

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Identifier 20190317_nanos_posters_010
Title Transient Visual Loss induced by Pregnancy
Creator Sophie Bonnin; Fayçal Mokhtari; Arielle Levy; Christel Jublanc; Bahram Bodagh
Affiliation (SB) (FM) (AL) (CJ) (BB) Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Subject Optic Neuropathy; Neuroimaging; Perimetry
Description During pregnancy, because of estrogen stimulation, Pituitary gland almost always enlarge and can sometimes exceeding 100 % and return to normal within six month after post partum. It usually does not expand to the extrasellar area to cause symptoms such as headache or vision impairement. In some rares cases the mass effect threaten the vision.
Date 2019-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2019 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NAM 2019: Poster Session I: Clinical Highlights in Neuro-Ophthalmology
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 2019. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1432197
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rr6gkm
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