Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a rare endocrine emergency characterized by the sudden onset of severe headaches, vomiting, visual abnormalities and pituitary dysfunction secondary to an acute hemorrhage or infarction within a pituitary adenoma.Subjects and methods: We report a retrospective study from 2000 to 2014 of 23 cases with pituitary apoplexy. Their mean age was 38.7±14.8 years, with a male to female ratio of 2:1.R...

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a rare endocrine emergency characterized by the sudden onset of severe headaches, vomiting, visual abnormalities and pituitary dysfunction secondary to an acute hemorrhage or infarction within a pituitary adenoma.Subjects and methods: We report a retrospective study from 2000 to 2014 of 23 cases with pituitary apoplexy. Their mean age was 38.7 years ±10 years, with a male to female ratio of 2:1. All patients benef...