Pituitary apoplexy induced remission in a macroadenoma Cushing Disease
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[Remission of Cushing's disease after pituitary apoplexy].
La apoplejı́a hipofisaria se define como el sı́ndrome clı́nico que se da tras la hemorragia o infarto espontáneo de la glándula pituitaria, en general en el contexto de un adenoma preexistente. Su etiopatogenia no se conoce con exactitud, aunque existen múltiples factores de riesgo descritos y parece que es más frecuente en macroadenomas no funcionantes. Clı́nicamente se manifiesta como cefalea bru...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Abstracts
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1479-6848
DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.41.ep930