Pituitary enlargement in spontaneous intracranial hypotension—a diagnostic pitfall
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Intracranial hypotension causing pituitary enlargement.
Chan DWC, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220057 Description A woman aged 67 years was referred with pituitary enlargement identified on CT scan. Imaging was performed to investigate a progressive, incapacitating, 12-month history of nausea, vertigo, gait disturbance and recurrent falls. Her presentation included chronic occipitofrontal headaches, which had increased in severity ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Neurochirurgica
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0001-6268,0942-0940
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-1099-x