Pituitary apoplexy presenting as isolated third cranial nerve palsy with ptosis: Two case reports

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-121

  Cho, Won Jin ^a   Joo, Sung Pil ^a   Kim, Tae Sun ^a   Seo, Bo Ra ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pituitary apoplexy; Ptosis; Third cranial nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PTOSIS; SELLA TURCICA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 67149100965     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2009.45.2.118     Document Type: Article

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