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

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2010 Jun;152(6):1079-80. doi: 10.1007/s00701-009-0551-7. Epub 2009 Nov 14.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Blindness / surgery
  • Brain Abscess / complications*
  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis
  • Brain Abscess / surgery
  • Craniotomy
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnosis
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / surgery
  • Optic Chiasm / pathology
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / etiology
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / surgery
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery
  • Reoperation
  • Sphenoid Sinus / pathology
  • Sphenoid Sinus / surgery
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / complications
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / diagnosis
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / surgery
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery