title: Waardenburg's syndrome and pituitary tumor.
abstract: A 57-year-old woman with Waardenburg's syndrome presented with a 2-month history of decreased vision in the right eye. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies for the brain disclosed a large suprasellar cystic lesion compressing the optic chiasm upwards. The association of Waardenburg's syndrome with pituitary tumor is rare, and may be fortuitous. However, it is interesting to note that both disorders are derived from the same embryological origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Gauntt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashii
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005127:Eye Color; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014849:Waardenburg Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*