Preferential Ganglion Cell Loss in the Nasal Hemiretina in Patients With Pituitary Tumor

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Title Preferential Ganglion Cell Loss in the Nasal Hemiretina in Patients With Pituitary Tumor
Creator Ah Reum Jeong, MD; Eun-Young Kim, MD, PhD; Na Rae Kim, MD, PhD
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Inha Vision Science Laboratory (ARJ, NRK), Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea; and Department of Neurosurgery (EYK), Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Abstract A 75-year-old woman with new onset headaches and left vision loss, temporal scalp tenderness, and jaw claudication was found to have biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). Despite treatment and improvement with prednisone, she later developed left orbital apex syndrome, and an orbital biopsy revealed aspergillosis. After antifungal treatment, extraocular motility improved although vision in the left eye remained no light perception. Clinicians should be aware that fungal orbital apex disease may mimic or complicate steroid-treated GCA.
Subject Older people; Aspergillosis; Biopsy; Eye Infections, Fungal; Female; Giant Cell Arteritis; Humans; Orbit; Orbital Diseases; Temporal Arteries; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Date 2016-06
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, June 2016, Volume 36, Issue 2
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s61v98f0
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 1276491
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61v98f0
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