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Case Reports
. 2010 Jun;152(6):1079-80.
doi: 10.1007/s00701-009-0551-7. Epub 2009 Nov 14.

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
Case Reports

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

Nicolaas A Bakker et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2010 Jun.
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Fig. 1
a Preoperative T2-weighted coronal MR image showing a sellar mass with suprasellar expansion and severe compression of the chiasm. It has a somewhat dumbbell shape. b Postoperative T1-weighted contrast-enhanced, coronal MR image showing a contrast-enhancing sellar mass remnant, while the optic chiasm is adequately decompressed
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