Fatal Pituitary Tumor Apoplexy Presenting With Behavioral Disorder
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Pituitary tumor apoplexy.
Pituitary tumor apoplexy is a medical emergency due to acute infarction or hemorrhage in the pituitary gland. In this review, the authors discuss the sellar anatomy, the pituitary gland and adenomas' vascularization and the general aspects of the syndrome such as its ethiopatogenesis, predisposing factors, clinical features, treatment and prognosis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1923-2861,1923-287X
DOI: 10.14740/jem363w