Acute loss of vision during pregnancy due to a suprasellar mass

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 402-408

  Kerrison, John B ^a,c   Lee Andrew, G ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

lymphocytic hypophysitis; pituitary adenoma; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PROLACTINOMA; SELLA TURCICA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030959951     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(97)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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