Endocrine Abstracts

Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is a rare syndrome that requires urgent assistance. It is due to ischemia or hemorrhage of pituitary tissue, almost always inside a pituitary tumor. PA may be the first manifestation of a neuroendocrine tumor or occur during follow up.Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients with PA treated in the Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition in the last 10 years and study the presence of possible risk factors for it.</p...