Pituitary macroadenoma manifesting as an isolated fourth nerve palsy

Authors
Petermann, SH Newman, NJ
Citation
Sh. Petermann et Nj. Newman, Pituitary macroadenoma manifesting as an isolated fourth nerve palsy, AM J OPHTH, 127(2), 1999, pp. 235-236
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Optalmology,"da verificare
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029394 → ACNP
Volume
127
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
235 - 236
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9394(199902)127:2<235:PMMAAI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe an unusual ophthalmic manifestion of a pituitary adeno ma. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: A 32-year-old man had left supraorbital and frontal headaches and new-onset vertical diplopia. Examination showed a left fourth nerve palsy a nd increased vertical fusional amplitudes. Magnetic resonance imaging discl osed a sellar mass consistent with a pituitary macroadenoma. CONCLUSION: A pituitary adenoma may rarely manifest with an isolated fourth nerve palsy. (Am J Ophthalmol 1999; 127:235-236. (C) 1999 by Elsevier Scie nce Inc. All rights reserved.).