Retinotopic organization of the visual cortex before and after decompression of the optic chiasm in a patient with pituitary macroadenoma: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-224

  Chouinard, Philipp E A ^a   Striemer, Christopher L ^a,b   Ryu, Won Hyung A ^c   Sperandio, Irene ^a   Goodale, Melvyn A ^a   Nicolle, David A ^c   Rotenberg, Brian ^d   Duggal, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Optic chiasm; Pituitary macroadenoma; Pituitary surgery; Primary visual area; Primary visual cortex; Retinotopy; Transnasal transsphenoidal resection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; OPTIC CHIASM; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ADENOMA; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OPTIC CHIASM; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84864533916     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.4.JNS112158     Document Type: Article

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