PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Y. GOLDHAMMER
AU  - J. LAWTON SMITH
TI  - Bitemporal hemianopia in chloroquine retinopathy
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.24.12.1135
DP  - 1974 Dec 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1135--1135
VI  - 24
IP  - 12
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/24/12/1135.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/24/12/1135.full
SO  - Neurology1974 Dec 01; 24
AB  - Article abstract Visual difficulty developed in a 54-year-old woman treated for 10 years with chloroquine for rheumatoid arthritis, and a bitemporal field defect was discovered. Skull x-rays, pneumoencephalography, and carotid angiography were normal. A chiasmal (exploration finally was done, but results were negative. Although bitemporal hemianopia usually implies a tumor in the region of the sellaturcica, the nonsurgical causes of this field defect have to be consitsred.