Pedro, Bárbara and Patrícia, Tereza and Aldomiro, Fernando (2019) Pituitary Apoplexy May Be Mistaken for Temporal Arteritis. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 6 (11). ISSN 2284-2594
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Pituitary apoplexy is a rare endocrine emergency, characterized by a sudden increase in pituitary gland volume secondary to acute ischaemic infarction or haemorrhage of the pituitary gland, usually in the presence of a pituitary adenoma. We present the case of a 79-year-old man admitted for new-onset, bi-temporal and severe headache, associated with photophobia and vomiting, whose additional study revealed pituitary apoplexy. This case highlights the need for high clinical suspicion of this rare entity in order to reduce the associated mortality.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pituitary apoplexy, adenoma, corticosteroids |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2020 09:14 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2020 09:14 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/19542 |
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