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Patient No./Age (y)/Sex Duration Size (mm) OC AS VAD VFD Pathology IAT 1/36/M 2 mo 18 − − − + 2/61/M 9 y 23.7 + − + (rt 0.7, lt blind) + PA − 3/42/F 16 mo 26.5 ++ + + (rt 0.02, lt 1.5) + PA (corticotro) − 4/38/F 10 mo 14 − − − + 5/40/M 6 mo 35 ++ + + (rt 0.07, lt 0.05) + PA (null) − 6/55/F 4 y 46 ++ + + (rt 0.06, lt 0.06) + PA (chromophobe) − 7/65/F 2 mo 13 − − − + PA (null) 8/74/M 18 mo 16.4 + + + (rt 0.7, lt 0.4) + PA (null) − 9/54/F 3 mo 27 + + + (rt 0.06, lt 0.1) + PA (nonfunctioning) + (rt 1.2, lt 0.8) 10/65/M 2 mo 13 − + + (rt light sense) + Pituitary carcinoma − 11/59/F 14 mo 35 ++ + + (rt 0.3, lt 0.9) + PA (null) − 12/55/M 3 mo 22 ++ + + (rt 0.5, lt 0.1) + PA + (rt 1.0, lt 1.0) 13/41/F 19 mo 25 ++ + + (hand sense) + PA (null) − 14/37/F 3 mo 16 − − − + 15/70/F 6 mo 18 + + + (rt 0.1, lt blind) − 16/27/M 6 mo 15 − + + (finger sense) + PA (chromophobe) + (rt 0.7, lt 0.9) 17/58/M 26 mo 24 ++ + + (rt 1.5, lt 0.4) − PA (null) − 18/21/F 8 mo 30 + − − + PA (GH) − 19/50/F 10 y 51 ++ + + (rt 0.03, lt 0.1) + PA(FSH-LH) − 20/74/F 1.5 mo 18 − + + (lt light sense) − PA (prolactinoma) + (rt 0.8, lt 0.4) 21/66/F 2 mo 15 − − − − PA (null) 22/63/M 2 mo 23.7 ++ + + (rt 0.1, lt 0.7) + PA (chromophobe) + (rt 0.7, lt 0.8) 23/54/F 3 mo 13 − − − − PA 24/56/F 3 mo 20 − − − − PA 25/45/M 2 mo 16 − − − + PA (chromophobe) 26/36/M 2 mo 12.2 − − − − 27/50/M 3 mo 16 ++ + + (rt 0.9, lt 0.3) + PA (GH) + (rt 0.9, lt 0.7)
Note.—OC indicates optic chiasm compression; AS, abnormal signal in optic nerve; VAD, visual acuity disturbance; VFD, visual field disturbance; IAT, improvement of visual acuity after treatment; PA, pituitary adenoma; FSH-LH, follicle stimulating hormone-luteinizing hormone; GH, growth hormone.