UNUSUAL SCOTOMAS AFTER TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY OF A PITUITARY MACROADENOMA

Authors
DOLLFUS H GOMBERG S TOURAINE P ORSSAUD C HAMDANI M DEROME P KUTTENN F DUFIER JL
Citation
H. Dollfus et al., UNUSUAL SCOTOMAS AFTER TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY OF A PITUITARY MACROADENOMA, Journal of neuro-ophthalmology, 17(3), 1997, pp. 204-206
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Ophthalmology
Journal title
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10708022
Volume
17
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
204 - 206
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-8022(1997)17:3<204:USATSO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The case of a woman presenting unusual bilateral campimetric defects f ollowing transphenoidal surgery is presented. The defects, consisting of a necklace of small round scotomas, disappeared after a corticoster oid treatment. A postoperative inflammatory mechanism may explain thes e unusual visual field ahnormalities.