Photophobia in a blind patient: An alternate visual pathway. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 765-768

  Amini, Amin ^a   Digre, Kathleen ^a   Couldwell, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Photophobia; Pretectal nuclei; Signaling pathway; Trigeminal pathway

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADENOMA; AGED; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33750711369     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.5.765     Document Type: Article

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