Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionPituitary apoplexy (PA) is a rare medical emergency caused by acute haemorrhage and/or infarction within a pituitary or usually pituitary tumour. Typically, PA is characterised by severe headache, visual fields defects, decreased visual acuity, cranial nerve palsies and hypopituitarism. However, many patients present with mild or ambiguous signs and symptoms or even PA is an incidental radiological finding.Aim<p cla...

BackgroundPituitary carcinoma (PC) is a very rare clinical entity, which is defined as a pituitary tumor that has metastasized to sites distant from the pituitary. It may present as hormone-secreting, invasive and recurrent macroadenoma causing a mass effect.Case presentationWe present a 58-years old male patient with corticotroph pituitary carcinoma and brain metastases who underwent 9 neurosurgical interven...