title: Unusual scotomas after transsphenoidal surgery of a pituitary macroadenoma.
abstract: The case of a woman presenting unusual bilateral campimetric defects following transphenoidal surgery is presented. The defects, consisting of a necklace of small round scotomas, disappeared after a corticosteroid treatment. A postoperative inflammatory mechanism may explain these unusual visual field abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Paris V, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dollfus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gomberg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Touraine
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Orssaud
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamdani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Derome
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kuttenn
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dufier
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012607:Scotoma / Q000209:etiology*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields