Abstract

GONZALEZ GOMEZ, Julio César; HERNANDEZ ECHEVARRIA, Odelaisys  and  HERNANDEZ SILVA, Yaimara. Neurophthalmological findings in neuroendocrine diseases. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2016, vol.29, n.3, pp. 474-481. ISSN 1561-3070.

Neurophthalmology is considerate "frontier speciality" because of their relationships with many other medical and surgical specialities. Pituitary tumors are so important from neuro-ophthalmological point of view that they appear as special chapter in text books. Our objective in the present review is to refer the neurophthalmological finfings in two main entities: pituitary adenomas and multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes and to establish the important role of neuro-ophthalmologist in those neuroendocrine conditions. It was proved the diversity of neurophthalmological findings in neuroendocrine entities, the important role of ophthalmologist in diagnosis and pursuance of patients with pituitary adenomas and its peremptory role in screening finding associated to 2 B type multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome.

Keywords : pituitary adenomas; multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes; ophthalmic manifestations; visual field.

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