Pituitary apoplexy: a neurological emergency case report.
Patricio S Espinosaa b, Bilal Choudry, Rance Wilbourn, Patricio H Espinosa, Anand Girish Vaishnav
- aDepartment of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, USA. psespi2@email.uky.edu
- bDepartment of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, USA
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Abstract
Pituitary Apoplexy (PA) is associated with the sudden onset of headache, visual symptoms, altered mental status, and hormonal dysfunction due to acute hemorrhage or infarction of the pituitary gland. PA is one of the most serious life threatening complications of pituitary adenoma. We report a 48-year-old male who woke lip with the worst headache of his life and was found to have an infarction of a pituitary macroadenoma. Rapid recognition, prompt management, and neurosurgical referral was lifesaving in this patient.
TL;DRA 48-year-old male who woke with the worst headache of his life and was found to have an infarction of a pituitary macroadenoma is reported, which is one of the most serious life threatening complications ofpituitary adenoma. (Semantic Scholar)