Pituitary adenoma revealed by paracentral junctional scotoma of traquair

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-108

  Mojon, Daniel S ^a,b   Odel, Jeffrey G ^a   Rios, Rodolfo J ^a   Hirano, Michio ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b University Eye Clinic Bern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Optic chiasm; Pituitary adenoma; Visual field defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0031048390     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310771     Document Type: Article

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