OBJECTIVE To evaluate the Humphrey visual field parameters in patients with pituitary adenoma and classify the visual field defects in this patient group. METHODS Forty primary pituitary adenoma patients underwent neuro-ophthalmological examination and Humphrey Perimetry 30-2 visual field test at Baskent University, Departments of Ophthalmology, and Neurosurgery, between 2003 and 2005. Global...

A 73-year-old white man with pseudophakia experienced repeated bouts of transient visual loss associated with erythropsia and colour desaturation. A diagnosis of atheromatous carotid vascular disease was considered, prompting carotid angiography, during which time the patient experienced transient aphasia. Subsequent examination during an episode of visual loss showed that a spontaneous anterio...

purpose: to present a case of ocular toxocariasis in a young male subject from the north of iran. case report: a 29-year-old man presented to our clinic with history of decreased vision in his left eye from 10 days before. he had a history of similar symptoms 2 years ago. visual acuity in the left eye was counting fingers at 2 meters but relative afferent pupillary defect was negative. the righ...

purpose: to report a case of enophthalmos secondary to complete globe dislocation into the maxillary sinus due to orbital fracture. patient and findings: an 18-year-old man was referred to labafinejad hospital, one week after a car accident. at initial examination, the globe was not seen within the right orbit. a large floor fracture and globe luxation into the right maxillary sinus were confir...

Visual function is difficult to assess in young children because their limited ability to understand and communicate determines the necessity of adopting, to a large extent, objective methods of examination and investigation (Harcourt and Wybar, 1966). This also applies sometimes to older children who are not sufficiently co-operative in their subjective responses. The afferent visual system is...