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Query: UMLS:C0029089 (
ophthalmoplegia
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Postoperative vision loss is a rare complication. When visual loss does occur, it is rarely associated with
ophthalmoplegia
. We report a case of postoperative bilateral visual field deficits with concomitant complete bilateral
ophthalmoplegia
in a patient with a known pituitary macroadenoma after surgical excision of a small cell
carcinoma of the bladder
. Emergency postoperative imaging showed that the macroadenoma had increased in size and was associated with new right optic nerve edema. The patient underwent urgent excision of the macroadenoma 5 days after the onset of symptoms. Visual field deficits and associated
ophthalmoplegia
had completely resolved at 3-month follow-up.
...
PMID:Bilateral Cavernous Sinus Syndrome, Pituitary Macroadenoma, and Postoperative Loss of Vision: A Case Report. 3144 72
