Internal medicine

Radiology

Gold standard (test)

Ophthalmology

Adenoma

Visual field

Optical coherence tomography

Pituitary tumors

Pituitary adenoma

Medicine

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base

Introduction: The current gold standard for evaluating functional impairment of pituitary tumors is Humphrey visual field (HVF) testing. However, optical coherence tomography (OCT) may serve as an alternative in predicting return of visual function in postoperative surgically resected patients diagnosed with a pituitary adenoma.

Optical Coherence Tomography in Pituitary Adenomas Serves as a Predictor for Visual Functionality Postresection