Photophobia as the Presenting Visual Symptom of Chiasmal Compression
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
- Vol. 22 (1), 3-8
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00041327-200203000-00002
Abstract
Five patients with a chief visual complaint of photophobia were subsequently found to have compressive lesions of the optic chiasm. Visual acuity and visual field deficits were often subtle. Magnetic resonance imaging scanning revealed large suprasellar masses, including three pituitary adenomas, a craniopharyngioma, and a clivus chordoma. Photophobia resolved in all patients following treatment of the tumors. A compressive lesion of the optic chiasm should be considered in patients who experience persistent photophobia unexplained by ocular abnormalities.Keywords
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