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Acute pituitary apoplexy complicating a pituitary macroadenoma


F Joseph
ZI Lockhat
J Smal
TP Moja

Abstract

Pituitary apoplexy is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition caused by either haemorrhage or infarction of the pituitary gland. In most cases, a pre-existing pituitary macroadenoma is present. Patients present with the clinical syndrome of headache, visual defects or ophthalmoplegia, altered state of consciousness and variable endocrine deficits.

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eISSN: 2078-6778
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