| Identifier |
walsh_2002_s4_c3 |
| Title |
Temporal Associations |
| Creator |
Louise A. Mawn, MD; Stefanie Knapp; Jing Zhang, MD, PhD |
| Affiliation |
(LAM) (SK) (JZ) Nashville, TN |
| Subject |
Pupil Disorders; Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Hypopituitarism |
| History |
A 61-year old female with a 2-day history of foggy vision OS and headache. Previously history significant for diabetes mellitus and lumpectomy for breast neoplasm. |
| Pathology |
Infundibular and pituitary infiltration of tumor cells consistent with metastatic breast carcinoma. |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Metastatic breast carcinoma to infundibulum and pituitary |
| Clinical |
VA: 20/40 OD, HM OS declining to NLP OU; RAPD OS |
| Presenting Symptom |
Pain OS; Headache |
| Neuroimaging |
MRI |
| Treatment |
IV steroids |
| Date |
2002 |
| References |
1. Takakura K, Sano K, Hojo S et al. Metastatic Tumors of the Nervous System, Igaku-Shoin, New York, 1982. 2. Baeesa S, Benoit BG. Solitary metastasis of breast carcinoma in the optic chiasm. British Journal of Neurosurgery 1999;13:319-321. 3. Wu J, Hedges III TR, Anderson ML, Folkerth RD. Surgical reversal of a subacute complete unilateral visual loss from an ovarian metastasis to the pituitary gland. Neurosurgery 1992;31:349-352. 4. Teears R, Silverman E. Clinicopathological review of 88 cases of carcinoma metastatic to the pituitary gland. Cancer 1975;25:216-220. 5. Branch C, Laws E. Metastatic tumors of the sella turcica masquerading as primary pituitary tumors. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1987;65:469-475. |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
28th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2002 |
| 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/s65x2cn6 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
177678 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65x2cn6 |
