Al – Journal of Riyadh "Health": the return of sight to an Iranian pilgrim in the city of King Abdullah Medical in Mecca

A surgical team from King Abdullah Medical City in Mecca has managed to restore the sight of a 58-year-old Iranian pilgrim.

The "health" that a tumor was detected in the pituitary of the Iranian hadj almost lost sight, which required the intervention of a surgical team from the Department of Neurology with the involvement of the otolaryngology department specializing in the bottom of the skull to conduct an urgent operation has been crowned with complete success, thank goodness.

The case was received from King Faisal Hospital in Mecca and was diagnosed with a hemorrhagic-type pituitary tumor after the patient had undergone medical tests, affecting the visual field of both eyes as well as weakness of the muscles of the the left eye, which led to the mobilization of all. And the Department of Endocrinology to confirm the development of hormones and send samples to the laboratory department to accurately confirm the quality of the tumor and the eye department, which confirmed the presence of visual impairment of the eyes and visual impairment in addition to the presence of damage in the cerebral nerve the third motor of the eye Alice Ray and the presence of a defect in the sixth cranial nerve in the eyes.

After the operation, the patient began to improve and started looking for improvement with partial improvement of the third and sixth cerebral nerves, which usually takes up to three months to reach a rate high recovery. That the condition of the patient is rebaduring and thankfully and that he is transferred from intensive care to one of the hypnosis rooms after the stability of his condition and, God willing, in the five days.

The guardian government of the two holy mosques has made available to pilgrims all the necessary facilities to facilitate the work of their patients by providing hospitals in Mecca and holy places with highly qualified medical and technical capabilities, with the support of the Ministry. of Health, with a view to improving the quality and efficiency of the service. And to achieve the ambitious vision 2030.

The Medical City's Neuroscience Center has performed many rare and specialized operations, similar to those of the world, with a high success rate thanks to God, and able to handle the most complex and difficult cases of the season. Hajj.