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ea0019p42 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2009

Delayed presentation of pituitary apoplexy as adrenal crisis in a man with vitiligo

Demssie Y , Dissanayanke S , Davies J

Pituitary apoplexy is a potentially life and vision threatening neuroendocrine emergency, which can often be misdiagnosed in the absence of the clinical hallmark of sudden onset headache and visual disturbance in a patient previously known to harbour a pituitary tumour. We report a 30 years old male patient with history of Vitiligo who presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of vomiting, abdominal pain and lethargy along with postural hypotension and a very...