[Visual symptoms of sellar tumors: a report of 407 cases].
The common primary symptoms of sellar tumors are visual impairment and field defects associated with the anatomic relationship between the sella turcica and the visual route, and the patients often consult the oculist first. The authors reviewed 407 cases of sellar tumors at their hospital during the recent 10 years and analyzed the characteristics of these patients to present the general clinical patterns and main points for diagnosis of this disease.
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Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi-an.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012658:Sella Turcica; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014794:Visual Fields