Reversal of visual impairment after interstitial irradiation of pituitary tumor.
Bilateral blindness secondary to a recurrent hemangiopericytoma of the pituitary fossa in a 22-year-old man was corrected by the transsphenoidal implantation of a single high activity iodine-125 seed.
D000293:Adolescent; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014787:Vision Tests; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014794:Visual Fields
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes