title: Differential diagnostic aspects between optic neurititis and chiasm tumors.
abstract: Two patients with a pituitary tumor were first considered to have an optic neuritis from the clinical picture. The electrophysiological examination with VECPs gave results which did not offer a definite differentiation between both diseases, whereas perimetry and X-ray examination were decisive.
mesh_terms: D000238:Adenoma, Chromophobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009897:Optic Chiasm; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery