Tablets at the bedside - iPad-based visual field test used in the diagnosis of Intrasellar Haemangiopericytoma: a case report
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Nesaratnam, Nisha
Thomas, Peter BM
Kirollos, Ramez
Vingrys, Algis J
Kong, George YX
Publication Date
2017-04-24Publisher
BioMed Central
Language
English
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Article
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Nesaratnam, N., Thomas, P. B., Kirollos, R., Vingrys, A. J., Kong, G. Y., & Martin, K. R. (2017). Tablets at the bedside - iPad-based visual field test used in the diagnosis of Intrasellar Haemangiopericytoma: a case report. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-017-0445-z
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In the assessment of a pituitary mass, objective visual field testing represents a valuable means of evaluating mass effect, and thus in deciding whether surgical management is warranted. CASE PRESENTATION: In this vignette, we describe a 73 year-old lady who presented with a three-week history of frontal headache, and 'blurriness' in the left side of her vision, due to a WHO grade III anaplastic haemangiopericytoma compressing the optic chiasm. We report how timely investigations, including an iPad-based visual field test (Melbourne Rapid Field, (MRF)) conducted at the bedside aided swift and appropriate management of the patient. CONCLUSIONS: We envisage such a test having a role in assessing bed-bound patients in hospital where access to formal visual field testing is difficult, or indeed in rapid testing of visual fields at the bedside to screen for post-operative complications, such as haematoma.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-017-0445-z
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/264687
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