Cáceres M, Márquez M, Sánchez-Ramos M
Departamento de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras, La Habana, Cuba.
Rev Neurol. 1998 Jun;26(154):954-6.
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.
Kinetic and static perimetry complement each other as diagnostic methods to obtain information about damage to the visual pathway caused by these tumors.