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Bitemporal hemianopia

MedGen UID:
67444
•Concept ID:
C0221184
•
Finding
Synonyms: Bitemporal Hemianopia; Bitemporal Hemianopias; Bitemporal Hemianopsia; Bitemporal Hemianopsias; Hemianopia, Bitemporal; Hemianopias, Bitemporal; Hemianopsia, Bitemporal; Hemianopsias, Bitemporal
SNOMED CT: Bitemporal hemianopia (61917005)
 
HPO: HP:0030521

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBitemporal hemianopia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Results of primary treatment with bromocriptine of prolactinomas with extrasellar extension.
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Primary treatment of macroprolactinomas with Parlodel LAR.
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Bromocriptine treatment of prolactin secreting macroadenomas: a radiological, ophthalmological and endocrinological study.
van 't Verlaat JW, Croughs RJ, Hendriks MJ, Bosma NJ, Nortier JW, Thijssen JH
Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1986 Aug;112(4):487-93. doi: 10.1530/acta.0.1120487. PMID: 3751462

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The presenting visual symptoms of optic chiasmal disease.
Jefferis JM, Innes WA, Hickman SJ
Eur J Ophthalmol 2023 Jan;33(1):9-20. Epub 2022 Sep 22 doi: 10.1177/11206721221125264. PMID: 36147020
Junctional Scotoma and Patterns of Visual Field Defects Produced by Lesions Involving the Optic Chiasm.
Donaldson LC, Eshtiaghi A, Sacco S, Micieli JA, Margolin EA
J Neuroophthalmol 2022 Mar 1;42(1):e203-e208. Epub 2021 Aug 17 doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001394. PMID: 34417771
The use of optical coherence tomography in chiasmal compression.
Póczoš P, Kremláček J, Česák T, Macháčková M, Jirásková N
Cesk Slov Oftalmol 2019 Summer;75(3):120-127. doi: 10.31348/2019/3/2. PMID: 31779460
Nomogram Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Visual Field Parameters to Predict Brain Lesions in Patients with Bitemporal Hemianopia.
Kim S, Bae HW, Park CK, Lee K, Lee SY, Seong GJ, Kim CY
Curr Eye Res 2019 Jan;44(1):89-95. Epub 2018 Sep 10 doi: 10.1080/02713683.2018.1518460. PMID: 30198794
Hypothalamic glioma.
Gillett GR, Symon L
Surg Neurol 1987 Oct;28(4):291-300. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(87)90309-0. PMID: 3629459

Diagnosis

The presenting visual symptoms of optic chiasmal disease.
Jefferis JM, Innes WA, Hickman SJ
Eur J Ophthalmol 2023 Jan;33(1):9-20. Epub 2022 Sep 22 doi: 10.1177/11206721221125264. PMID: 36147020
Perimetry and visual field defects.
Wall M
Handb Clin Neurol 2021;178:51-77. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821377-3.00003-9. PMID: 33832687
Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Sarcoidosis.
Henderson AD, Tian J, Carey AR
J Neuroophthalmol 2021 Dec 1;41(4):e591-e597. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001108. PMID: 33110001
Masses in the membranes.
Suresh S, Abel AS, Younge BR, Bilyk JR, Lee MS
Surv Ophthalmol 2016 May-Jun;61(3):357-62. Epub 2015 Oct 8 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2015.10.001. PMID: 26453797
Pituitary apoplexy.
Semple PL, Webb MK, de Villiers JC, Laws ER Jr
Neurosurgery 2005;56(1):65-72; discussion 72-3. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000144840.55247.38. PMID: 15617587

Therapy

McCune Albright syndrome: an endocrine medley.
Rajan R, Cherian KE, Asha HS, Paul TV
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Jul 15;12(7) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-229141. PMID: 31308184Free PMC Article
Addison's Disease and Pituitary Enlargement.
Winters SJ, Vitaz T, Nowacki MR, Craddock DC, Silverman C
Am J Med Sci 2015 Jun;349(6):526-9. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000305. PMID: 25004119
Microscopic transphneoidal surgery experence from christian Medical Center Addis Abeba Ethiopia.
Biluts H, Laeke T
Ethiop Med J 2014 Apr;52(2):67-76. PMID: 25588287
Ethambutol-associated optic neuropathy.
Lim SA
Ann Acad Med Singap 2006 Apr;35(4):274-8. PMID: 16710500
Chiasmal optic neuritis.
Reynolds WD, Smith JL, McCrary JA 3rd
J Clin Neuroophthalmol 1982 Jun;2(2):93-101. PMID: 6226702

Prognosis

Sella Bugged! Abscess Inside a Craniopharyngioma: Case Report with Literature Review.
Tyagi G, S A SK, Kandregula S, Mhatre R, Uppar AM
Pediatr Neurosurg 2022;57(3):191-195. Epub 2022 Mar 9 doi: 10.1159/000523977. PMID: 35263758
Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Sarcoidosis.
Henderson AD, Tian J, Carey AR
J Neuroophthalmol 2021 Dec 1;41(4):e591-e597. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001108. PMID: 33110001
Nomogram Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Visual Field Parameters to Predict Brain Lesions in Patients with Bitemporal Hemianopia.
Kim S, Bae HW, Park CK, Lee K, Lee SY, Seong GJ, Kim CY
Curr Eye Res 2019 Jan;44(1):89-95. Epub 2018 Sep 10 doi: 10.1080/02713683.2018.1518460. PMID: 30198794
Ganglion cell layer complex measurements in compressive optic neuropathy.
Vuong LN, Hedges TR 3rd
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2017 Nov;28(6):573-578. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000428. PMID: 28984725
Hypothalamic glioma.
Gillett GR, Symon L
Surg Neurol 1987 Oct;28(4):291-300. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(87)90309-0. PMID: 3629459

Clinical prediction guides

Concurrent IgG4-related hypophysitis and clinically nonfunctioning gonadotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumor.
Tahara S, Osamura RY, Hattori Y, Ishisaka E, Inomoto C, Sugihara H, Teramoto A, Morita A
BMC Endocr Disord 2023 May 4;23(1):96. doi: 10.1186/s12902-023-01353-y. PMID: 37143052Free PMC Article
Junctional Scotoma and Patterns of Visual Field Defects Produced by Lesions Involving the Optic Chiasm.
Donaldson LC, Eshtiaghi A, Sacco S, Micieli JA, Margolin EA
J Neuroophthalmol 2022 Mar 1;42(1):e203-e208. Epub 2021 Aug 17 doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001394. PMID: 34417771
The use of optical coherence tomography in chiasmal compression.
Póczoš P, Kremláček J, Česák T, Macháčková M, Jirásková N
Cesk Slov Oftalmol 2019 Summer;75(3):120-127. doi: 10.31348/2019/3/2. PMID: 31779460
Nomogram Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Visual Field Parameters to Predict Brain Lesions in Patients with Bitemporal Hemianopia.
Kim S, Bae HW, Park CK, Lee K, Lee SY, Seong GJ, Kim CY
Curr Eye Res 2019 Jan;44(1):89-95. Epub 2018 Sep 10 doi: 10.1080/02713683.2018.1518460. PMID: 30198794
Pituitary Carcinoma in a Patient with an SDHB Mutation.
Tufton N, Roncaroli F, Hadjidemetriou I, Dang MN, Dénes J, Guasti L, Thom M, Powell M, Baldeweg SE, Fersht N, Korbonits M
Endocr Pathol 2017 Dec;28(4):320-325. doi: 10.1007/s12022-017-9474-7. PMID: 28284009Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Suprasellar Epidermoid Cyst: Case Report of Extended Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Resection and Systematic Review of the Literature.
Bobeff EJ, Sánchez-Viguera C, Arráez-Manrique C, Arráez-Sánchez MÁ
World Neurosurg 2019 Aug;128:514-526. Epub 2019 May 20 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.100. PMID: 31121364

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