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Visual fields of 20 patients with radiological evidence of pituitary adenoma were measured monthly or bimonthly by Goldmann perimeter during pregnancy and post-pregnancy lactation period. Amonorrhoea was treated with administration of bromocriptine and/or Hardy’s operation (4 patients). The appearance and enlargement of the visual field defects during the period were found to occur more frequently (8/20 cases; 40%, including minor changes) than in previous reports. Visual acuity was not affected. The visual field test is safer than radiological tests for the pregnant patients and more sensitive to adenoma growth. Pregnancy-associated visual field defects induced in patients with pituitary adenoma subsided when bromocriptine was administrated or following delivery. In some cases, post-delivery lactation delayed recovery of visual field defects.
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Honda, Y., Takahashi, A. (1985). Importance of Visual Field Tests of Patients with Pituitary Adenoma During Pregnancy and Post-Partum Lactation. In: Heijl, A., Greve, E.L. (eds) Sixth International Visual Field Symposium. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5512-7_34
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