VISUAL-LOSS AND A SUPRASELLAR MASS COMPLICATED BY PREGNANCY

Authors
SHUTTER LA KLINE LB FISHER WS TANG R BEDOYA EM HARPER R HUPP SL
Citation
La. Shutter et al., VISUAL-LOSS AND A SUPRASELLAR MASS COMPLICATED BY PREGNANCY, Survey of ophthalmology, 38(1), 1993, pp. 63-69
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Survey of ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396257
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
63 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6257(1993)38:1<63:VAASMC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A 43-year-old woman who was 12 weeks pregnant presented with a one-mon th history of visual loss in the right eye. Neuroimaging studies revea led multiple intracranial aneurysms, one of which compressed the right optic nerve. Her pregnancy raised many issues concerning her manageme nt. Evidence of aneurysm enlargement and the increased risk of aneurys m rupture as gestation progressed led to early, successful surgical in tervention.