Pituitary Apoplexy in Pregnancy

Pituitary apoplexy during pregnancy

The pituitary apoplexy is a rare and fatal complication of the pituitary adenoma; it represents 0.6 to 10%. This is a clinical syndrome resulting from a fulminant pituitary expansion due to a bleeding and\or a pituitary infarcissement. We report the case of a 29-year-old patient who consults for an amenorrhoea with spontaneous galactorrhea and chronic headaches evolving over 7 months. The balan...

A case of pituitary apoplexy in pregnancy

UNLABELLED Pituitary apoplexy is a rare event in pregnancy. A 41-year-old woman with a known pituitary microadenoma presented with visual disturbance and headache during the second trimester of pregnancy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated pituitary apoplexy with chiasmal compression. After treatment with corticosteroid therapy, she underwent transsphenoidal excision of the pituitary...

Pituitary apoplexy.

Pituitary apoplexy, a rare clinical syndrome secondary to abrupt hemorrhage or infarction, complicates 2%-12% of pituitary adenomas, especially nonfunctioning tumors. Headache of sudden and severe onset is the main symptom, sometimes associated with visual disturbances or ocular palsy. Signs of meningeal irritation or altered consciousness may complicate the diagnosis. Precipitating factors (in...

Management of pituitary tumour apoplexy with bromocriptine in pregnancy

Neuritis retrobulbaris was diagnosed in a 27-yearold nulligravid woman with an uneventful medical history. The condition spontaneously resolved within 2 months. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed and by coincidence a pituitary tumour was found without suprasellar expansion or compression of the optic chiasma of 10 mm. The patient wanted to become pregnant and discontinued oral contr...

Gestational Pituitary Apoplexy