[Neuro-ophthalmological alternations in patients with pituitary adenomas and intrasellar arachnoidocele].
INTRODUCTION, MATERIAL AND METHODS: We studied 103 patients with hypophyseal tumors aged between 15 and 74, with a marked predominance of females. Results. Of these, 49 patients were diagnosed as having macroadenomas (47.5%), 27 with microadenomas (26.2%), 25 with arachnoidoceles (24.3%) and two with craniopharyngiomas (1.9%). Of the total there were 78.9% functioning tumors of which the commonest was prolactinoma.


CONCLUSIONS
Kinetic and static perimetry complement each other as diagnostic methods to obtain information about damage to the visual pathway caused by these tumors.
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Departamento de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras, La Habana, Cuba. oftal@hha.sld.cu
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001099:Arachnoid; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D009897:Optic Chiasm; D009900:Optic Nerve; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000150:complications; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields
Alteraciones neuroftalmológicas en pacientes con adenomas de hipófisis y aracnoidocele intraselar.