Radiation-induced optic neuritis after pituitary adenoma radiosurgery in a patient with multiple sclerosis: case report.

OBJECTIVE AND

IMPORTANCE

To describe a rare case of optic neuritis onset after Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery.

CLINICAL PRESENTATION: Nine years after transsphenoidal subtotal resection of a pituitary adenoma, this 43-year-old woman had elevated serum prolactin levels and headaches.

INTERVENTION: Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery to residual pituitary tumor.

CONCLUSION

To our knowledge, this is the first report of radiation-induced optic neuritis after radiosurgery in a patient with multiple sclerosis.