1. Pituitary apoplexy (spontaneous pituitary necrosis)
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K. Gopal, V. K. Garg, S. S. Mongia, and Y. Sachdev
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Adult ,Male ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Necrosis ,Pituitary Diseases ,Pituitary neoplasm ,medicine ,Humans ,Endocrine system ,Pituitary Neoplasms ,Clinical syndrome ,Pituitary Necrosis ,Neurological deficit ,Adenoma, Chromophobe ,business.industry ,Pituitary apoplexy ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Cerebrovascular Disorders ,Female ,Pituitary dysfunction ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Research Article - Abstract
Summary Pituitary apoplexy or spontaneous pituitary necrosis is an ill-understood clinical syndrome. It may occur as a neurological emergency requiring urgent interference in a patient with a known pituitary dysfunction or it may be responsible for drawing attention to an as yet unrecognized pituitary pathology. It has a bizarre clinical profile and an unpredictable neurological and endocrine course. Patients may die at once or may recover with or without endocrine/neurological deficit. Six cases of pituitary apoplexy with varied clinical presentation are cited.
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- 1981
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