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Visual Recovery After Blindness From Pituitary Apoplexy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Andrew D. Parent
Andrew D. Parent*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
*
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. 39216
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In a series of 11 patients with classic pituitary apoplexy, two patients had the acute onset of bilateral blindness. After transsphenoidal decompressive surgery both patients had useful recovery of vision. Although impairment of neurologic function appears irreversible when central nervous tissue has been compressed to the point of total loss of function it would appear that the optic chiasm may be an exception to this experience. Our review of the literature and our experience suggests that decompression can be worthwhile even late in the course of this disease and visual loss should not be treated expectantly.

Type
Special Supplement - Secreting Pituitary Adenomas
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , February 1990 , pp. 88 - 91
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1990

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