Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionPituitary apoplexy is a rare endocrine and neurosurgical emergency. It corresponds to the occurrence of an hemorrhage or infarction in the pituitary gland, or most often within a pituitary adenoma. The usual presentation associates sudden headaches, visual disturbances, altered consciousness and endocrine disorders wich are dominated by corticotropic insufficiency. We present two cases of pituitary apoplexy, the first one complicating an unde...