10 Symptoms of a Pituitary Tumor
Symptom #2: Visual Defects
Pituitary adenomas can cause visual defects if they compress the optic chiasm. Patients with peripheral vision loss are often unaware. Physicians should direct questions towards functional changes like a higher rate of car accidents as there is decreased awareness of approaching cars in the periphery.
Patients who experience bitemporal hemianopsia will also present with loss of depth perception where they experience difficulties with activities such as threading needles, working with precision tools, and cutting fingernails. Other ocular symptoms that may be present include diplopia (double vision) and nystagmus.
