A rare case of sudden blindness due to a pituitary adenoma coincidentally infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Nicolaas A Bakker, Eelco W Hoving

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1079-80
Number of pages2
JournalActa Neurochirurgica
Volume152
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2010

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Blindness/etiology
  • Brain Abscess/complications
  • Craniotomy
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes/diagnosis
  • Optic Chiasm/pathology
  • Optic Nerve Diseases/diagnosis
  • Pituitary Neoplasms/complications
  • Reoperation
  • Sphenoid Sinus/pathology
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis/complications
  • Staphylococcal Infections/complications

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