The pituitary adenoma is a tumor of slow evolution and has important visual disturbances such as low visual acuity and field defects. These symptoms lead patients to seek often ophthalmologists. In this case, we will analyze a patient with glaucoma who had an associated pituitary macroadenoma.
(A) Fundus photography of the right eye showing a circumscribed yellow-orange choroidal mass located along the inferotemporal vascular arcade. (B) Optical coherence tomography (OCT) demonstrating a dome-shaped choroidal mass with subretinal fluid, retinal pigment epithelium alterations, cystoid macular edema, and outer retinal damage.
RibeiroBB, RochaMAB, AlmeidaGA, RochaRTB. Pituitary macroadenoma: visual field defects. Rev Bras Oftalmol. 2014;73(2):120-2.
Ribeiro,Breno Barreto; Rocha,Maria Alice Barbosa; Almeida,Grazziella Acácio e; Rocha,Rafael Tadeu Barbosa. Pituitary macroadenoma: visual field defects. Rev Bras Oftalmol., v. 73, n. 2, p. 120-122, Apr. 2014.
Ribeiro,B.B., Rocha,M.A.B., Almeida,G.A. , & Rocha,R.T.B. (2014). Pituitary macroadenoma: visual field defects. Rev Bras Oftalmol.,73(2), 120-122.
Ribeiro,Breno Barreto and Rocha,Maria Alice Barbosa and Almeida,Grazziella Acácio e and Rocha,Rafael Tadeu Barbosa. Pituitary macroadenoma: visual field defects. Rev Bras Oftalmol. [online]. 2014, vol. 73, n. 2, [cited 2026-10-24], pp.120-122. Available from: <https://www.rbojournal.org/en/article/pituitary-macroadenoma-visual-field-defects/>. ISSN 0034-7280.
