pituitary apoplexy

In rare cases, it has been associated with pituitary apoplexy.

This occurs in 70% of those with pituitary apoplexy.

Others regard Sheehan's syndrome as a form of pituitary apoplexy.

Pituitary apoplexy is one of the few acute chiasmal syndromes.

Surgery for pituitary apoplexy was described in 1925.

The first priority in suspected or confirmed pituitary apoplexy is stabilization of the circulatory system.

Before the introduction of steroid replacement, the mortality from pituitary apoplexy approximated 50%.

After recovery, people who have had pituitary apoplexy require follow-up by an endocrinologist to monitor for long-term consequences.

The initial symptoms of pituitary apoplexy are related to the increased pressure in and around the pituitary gland.

Pituitary apoplexy is rare.

Based on extrapolations from existing data, one would expect 18 cases of pituitary apoplexy per one million people every year; the actual figure is probably lower.

After an episode of pituitary apoplexy, 80% of people develop hypopituitarism and require some form of hormone replacement therapy.

The first case description of pituitary apoplexy has been attributed to the American neurologist Pearce Bailey in 1898.

Pituitary apoplexy (infaction or hemorrhage of the pituitary gland)

In pituitary apoplexy the results are typically normal, although abnormalities may be detected if blood from the pituitary has entered the subarachnoid space.

Many people who have had a pituitary apoplexy develop pituitary hormone deficiencies and require long-term hormone supplementation.

Rarely, a very serious problem with your pituitary gland (pituitary apoplexy) may occur, usually in the first hour to 2 weeks after your first injection.

Almost all cases of pituitary apoplexy arise from a pituitary adenoma, a benign tumor of the pituitary gland.

Lubina A, Olchovsky D, Berezin M, et al.: Management of pituitary apoplexy: clinical experience with 40 patients.

Surgery is typically reserved for those patients who cannot tolerate dopamine agonists, who suffer pituitary apoplexy during treatment, or whose macroprolactinomas are not responsive to medical therapy.

This unexpected situation was probably due to spontaneous pituitary apoplexy, in this case, selectively involving his tumor but not the remainder of his own pituitary gland.

Pituitary apoplexy often presents with visual loss and sudden onset headache and requires timely treatment often with corticosteroids and if necessary surgical intervention.

Pituitary apoplexy or pituitary tumor apoplexy is bleeding into or impaired blood supply of the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.

It has a multitude of different causes, including brain or pituitary tumors, pituitary apoplexy, head trauma, ingestion of certain drugs, and certain systemic diseases and syndromes.

For example, adrenal apoplexy is bleeding into the adrenal glands, pituitary apoplexy is bleeding into the pituitary gland, and so on.