Vascular compression of the optic chiasm resembling glaucoma-like visual field defects

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 675-676

  Mezer, Eedy ^a,b   Krasnits, Irene ^a,b   Beiran, Itzhak ^a,b   Miller, Benjamin ^a,b   Shreiber, Reuven ^a,b   Goldsher, Dorit ^a,b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Normal tension glaucoma; Quandratanopia; Visual field defects

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC CHIASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 27144515940     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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