Pituitary adenoma presenting as bilateral bullous exudative retinal detachments: a clinicopathologic report.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a case of pituitary adenoma presenting as bilateral serous retinal detachments and the histopathologic and hematologic evidence of a linkage.


METHODS
Record review for a single patient including testing to determine the etiology of the retinal detachments.


RESULTS
The retinal detachments were determined to be a variant of central serous chorioretinopathy. A pituitary adenoma was discovered by neuroimaging. Histopathologic analysis of the tumor and serum cortisol levels demonstrated the lesion to be a cortisol-secreting adenoma.


CONCLUSIONS
Bilateral serous retinal detachments are a variant of central serous chorioretinopathy and a rare presentation of pituitary adenoma.
From *Texas Retina Associates, Dallas, Texas; †Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; and ‡Emory Eye Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia.
Patrick
P
Williams
Chi Chao
CC
Chan
Ronald
R
Buggage
Sunil
S
Srivastava
David
D
Callanan