Laboratory evaluation with a serum prolactin for small tumors is cost effective ... abutting the optic chiasm, and consistent with the diagnosis of pituitary macroadenoma. He is otherwise ...

The MRI findings also showed that the tumor was displacing the optic chiasm, explaining the acute ... This patient demonstrates a classic presentation of pituitary apoplexy that was recognized ...

Dil was injected into the left retina, and RGC axons were traced to the optic chiasm. In the wild-type animal, a subset of RGC axons is repelled at the midline and to the binocular pathway (top ...

Known as the master gland, the pituitary gland is behind the bridge ... This places it just beneath the optic chiasm (where the optic nerves cross), the hypothalamus, as well as the front portion ...