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DYSPLASTIC OPTIC DISCS IN ASSOCIATION WITH TRANSSPHENOIDAL ENCEPHALOCELE AND HYPOPITUITARY DWARFISM: A CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
TUFT S. J.,
CLEMETT R. S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1983.tb01098.x
Subject(s) - encephalocele , dwarfism , basal (medicine) , medicine , endocrine system , hypopituitarism , ophthalmology , anatomy , endocrinology , biology , biochemistry , hormone , insulin , gene
A patient with a basal encephalocele, dysplastic optic discs and hypopituitary dwarfism is described. The importance of identifying associated structural defects and endocrine dysfunction in patients with dysplastic optic discs is emphasised.