ea0009p180 | Clinical | BES2005
Gruber A
, Kumar S
, Robertson I
, Howlett T
, Mansell P
We report 28 patients (21M 7F; 17-86y) with pituitary apoplexy presenting between 1988 and 2004. Presenting features included: headache in 25 patients, 'collapse' in 3, vomiting in 13, complete blindness in 4, decreased visual acuity in 13, visual field loss in 12 and ophthalmoplegia in 16. Only 4 had no initial visual deficit. Predisposing factors included a known pituitary tumour in 4 patients, anticoagulant therapy in 3 patients and ITP in 1 patient. CT was initial imaging ...