Decreased Vision and Junctional Scotoma from Pituicytoma

Pituicytomas are rare neoplasms of the sellar region. We report a case of vision loss and a junctional scotoma in a 43-year-old woman caused by compression of the optic chiasm by a pituitary tumor. The morphological and immunohistochemical characteristics of the tumor were consistent with the diagno...

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Autores principales: Huynh, Nancy, Stemmer-Rachamimov, Anat O., Swearingen, Brooke, Cestari, Dean M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2012
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Published online: May, 2012
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22740829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000339242
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Sumario:Pituicytomas are rare neoplasms of the sellar region. We report a case of vision loss and a junctional scotoma in a 43-year-old woman caused by compression of the optic chiasm by a pituitary tumor. The morphological and immunohistochemical characteristics of the tumor were consistent with the diagnosis of pituicytoma. The tumor was debulked surgically, and the patient's vision improved.

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