Surgical intervention for binocular blindness in pituitary apoplexy

Pituitary apoplexy causing isolated blindness after cardiac bypass surgery.

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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...

Pituitary apoplexy in residual pituitary adenoma following surgical treatment in the follow-up period: management strategy

Pituitary apoplexy is a rare clinical event, used to occur spontaneously. Although, some predisposing factors for pituitary apoplexy is reported ie. head injury, digital cerebral angiography, bromocriptine therapy, coughing, lumbar puncture for CSF drainage, pneumoventriculography, even during surgery, in the immediate postoperative period and raised intracranial tension. Although pituitary apo...

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...

Gestational Pituitary Apoplexy