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Abstract #6427 Published in IGR 3-2
Two cases of empty sella syndrome masquerading as normal-tension glaucoma
Nakagawa R; Kikuchi H; Kodama Y; Shoji N; Yoshitomi TJapanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology 2001; 55: 1453-1456
The authors diagnosed two cases as empty sella syndrome based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Both had been initially diagnosed as normal-tension glaucoma. One case manifested binasal hemianopia which appeared to be secondary to intracranial lesions. The other showed typical glaucomatous changes in the visual field and optic disc in both eyes. These cases illustrate that empty sella syndrome and normal-tension glaucoma may occasionally co-exist and that this possibility would merit due consideration in the diagnosis and therapeutic approach. LA: Japanese
Dr R. Nakagawa, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Kanagawa-ken 228-8555, Japan
Classification:
9.2.4 Normal pressure glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.2 Primary open angle glaucomas)
