Blurred vision caused by inflammation of the optic nerves due to a pituitary abscess: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 327-330

  Utsuki, Satoshi ^a,b   Oka, Hidehiro ^a   Tanaka, Satoshi ^b   Iwamoto, Kazuhisa ^a,b   Hasegawa, Hitomi ^b   Hirose, Ryuichi ^b   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blurred vision; Hypothalamus; Optic nerve; Pituitary abscess

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ABSCESS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFLAMMATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; THALAMUS; URINE VOLUME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ABSCESS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PITUITARY DISEASES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 21744444268     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.327     Document Type: Article

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