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01.01.2009 | Correspondence
Adenoma related pituitary apoplexy disclosed by ptosis after routine cardiac surgery: occasional reappearance of a dismal complication
verfasst von:
Mariassunta Telesca, Francesco Santini, Alessandro Mazzucco
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 1/2009
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Sir: Pituitary apoplexy is characterized by a sudden onset of headache, visual symptoms, altered mental status, and hormonal dysfunction. This condition usually stems from an acute expansion of a pituitary adenoma, which may deprive the anterior pituitary gland and the tumor itself of vascular supply, thus causing ischemia and subsequent necrosis [
1,
2]. …