Nonfunctiong Pituitary Adenoma with Chiasmal Compression

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Identifier EEC-Case-Pituitary adenoma Chiasm compression
Title Nonfunctiong Pituitary Adenoma with Chiasmal Compression
Creator William Pearce, MD; Valérie Biousse, MD
Affiliation (WP) Emory Eye Center Atlanta, Georgia; (VB) Cyrus H. Stoner Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Subject Pituitary Adenoma; Bitemporal Hemianopia; Optic Nerve Pallor
Description This is a case of large non-functioning pituitary adenoma with mass effect on the optic chiasm inducing loss of optic nerve fibers and subsequent visual field. Figure 1: Fundus photographs demonstrating bilateral temporal optic nerve head pallor Figure 2: Humphrey visual fields demonstrating a bitemporal hemianopia Figure 3: Ocular coherence tomograph of the right peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer demonstrating temporal loss Figure 4 : Ocular coherence tomograph of the left peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer demonstrating greater temporal loss than right eye Figure 5 : Axial T2 FLAIR magentic resonance image showing suprasellar mass displacing the chiasm Figure 6: Coronal T1 post-contrast magnetic resonance image demonstrating encasement of carotids (red) and superior displacement and mass effect on chiasm (green)
Date 2014
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - The Emory Eye Center Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/eec/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6031p1n
Setname ehsl_novel_eec
ID 177382
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6031p1n
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