Recovery of vision after transcranial decompression of pituitary apoplexy characterized by third ventricular hemorrhage.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The authors present a case of pituitary apoplexy characterized by massive third ventricular hemorrhage. This rare complication, which caused total blindness in the patient, a 67-year-old man, was treated with transcranial decompression of the pituitary tumor and removal of a blood clot from the third ventricle. After surgery, the patient totally recovered his vision. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a patient with pituitary apoplexy that ruptured into the third ventricle (diagnosed by imaging studies) who was treated by emergency transcranial decompression.
Medical subject headings
- Blindness
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Cerebral Ventricles
- Pituitary Apoplexy
- Postoperative Complications
- Visual Acuity