pituitary apoplexy

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pituitary apoplexy

Acute life-threatening hemorrhagic infarction of the anterior pituitary or adenohypophysis, often associated with an infarcted pituitary adenoma or other tumor; PA may occur spontaneously, or due to an 'obstetric' hemorrhage–eg, Sheehan syndrome, regional RT, ↑ intracranial pressure, or systemic anticoagulation Clinical The PA 'syndrome' may be transient or permanent; it is characterized by sudden headache, loss of vision, ophthalmoplegia, and if severe, shock Lab ↓ Growth hormone, ↓ gonadotropins, ↓ ACTH, ↓ TSH–with hypothyroidism, abnormal prolactin secretion, rarely, diabetes insipidus Treatment Hormone replacement, bromocriptine

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apoplexy panhypopituitarism pituitary insufficiency Pituitary Tumors			In pituitary apoplexy syndrome (Figure 4), patients present with ophthalmoplegia, headache, and visual loss due to pituitary infarction/hemorrhage. Imaging sellar and suprasellar pathology by Shah, Lubdha M.; Phillips, C. Douglas / Applied Radiology London, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1990 Pituitary Apoplexy After Administration of Heparin and Isosorbide Dinitrate To the Editor. Correspondence by Southern Medical Journal 1,10,13) This form of "autoparathyroidectomy" or "parathyroid apoplexy" results in hemorrhagic necrosis of the gland that is similar to processes seen in other endocrine gland neoplasms, namely pituitary apoplexy and adrenal adenoma. The 'sentinel clot' sign in spontaneous retropharyngeal hematoma ... by Stuckey, Stephen / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal			pitchblend pitchery pith Pithecia pithecoid pithing Pithomyces chartarum pithomycotoxicosis Pitocin pitpapra Pitressin pitta pitted keratolysis pitting pitting edema Pittsburgh Brainstem Score Pittsburgh Criteria Pittsburgh pneumonia Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent pituicyte pituicytoma pituit- pituitarism pituitary pituitary adamantinoma pituitary apoplexy pituitary basophil adenoma pituitary basophilism pituitary cachexia pituitary dwarf pituitary dwarfism pituitary dysfunction pituitary eunuchism pituitary fossa pituitary gigantism pituitary gland pituitary gonadotropic hormone pituitary growth hormone pituitary hormones Pituitary Incidentaloma pituitary insufficiency pituitary myxedema pituitary nanism pituitary snuff lung pituitary stalk Pituitary Tumors Pituitary Type Pituitrin pituri pitury pityriasis			pituit- pituitaries pituitaries pituitaries pituitarism pituitary pituitary pituitary pituitary abscess pituitary abscess pituitary abscess Pituitary acth hypersecretion Pituitary acth hypersecretion Pituitary acth hypersecretion pituitary adamantinoma Pituitary adenoma Pituitary adenoma Pituitary adenoma pituitary adenoma and neuronal choristoma Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Receptor Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide with 27 residues Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide with 38 residues Pituitary Adrenal Axis pituitary alopecia pituitary alopecia pituitary alopecia pituitary ameloblastoma pituitary ameloblastoma pituitary apoplexy pituitary basophil adenoma pituitary basophilism pituitary bodies pituitary bodies pituitary bodies pituitary body pituitary body pituitary body pituitary body pituitary body Pituitary Bovine Growth Hormone pituitary cachexia pituitary cachexia pituitary cachexia Pituitary Diabetes Insipidus Pituitary Diabetes Insipidus Pituitary Diabetes Insipidus Pituitary Diabetes Insipidus Pituitary diseases Pituitary diseases Pituitary diseases Pituitary disorder Pituitary disorder Pituitary disorder pituitary dwarf pituitary dwarf pituitary dwarf pituitary dwarf pituitary dwarf pituitary dwarfism

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