Spontaneous visual improvement in pituitary metastasis
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_2F295DB7339D
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Spontaneous visual improvement in pituitary metastasis
Périodique
European Journal of Ophthalmology
ISSN
1120-6721 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
02/2003
Volume
13
Numéro
1
Pages
105-7
Notes
Case Reports
Journal Article --- Old month value: Jan-Feb
Journal Article --- Old month value: Jan-Feb
Résumé
PURPOSE: To report spontaneous visual improvement in a patient with unilateral optic neuropathy due to pituitary metastasis. METHODS: Report of a case. RESULTS: A 54-year-old woman with a history of breast carcinoma lost vision in her right eye to 20/70 without any other symptoms. Six days later, vision spontaneously improved to 20/30. A pituitary mass compressing the right intracranial optic nerve was found on magnetic resonance imaging and the diagnosis of metastatic breast carcinoma was confirmed by biopsy. CONCLUSIONS: Spontaneous visual improvement can occur in the setting of compressive optic neuropathy by a solid mass.
Mots-clé
Breast Neoplasms/*pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Optic Nerve Diseases/etiology
Pituitary Neoplasms/*secondary
Remission, Spontaneous
Vision Disorders/etiology/*physiopathology
Visual Acuity/*physiology
Visual Fields
Pubmed
Web of science
Création de la notice
28/01/2008 13:38
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 14:13