Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Incidence of non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma (NFPMA) is very rare in pregnancy. We describe a case of complicated non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma presented during pregnancy. 26 year old female at 21 weeks gestation presented to emergency services with worsening headaches, nausea and vomiting for 2-3 months. This was associated with transient double vision and confusion since 2 days. She was admitted to emergency department 3 weeks ago with vomiting an...

Background: Pituitary apoplexy is one of the rare endocrine emergencies. Most series indicate that incidence is between 2-7% based on clinical, surgical and histopathological evidence.1-3 Usually presents with severe headaches that may be associated with nausea vomiting, ocular palsies, fever, photophobia. Predisposing factors are pre-existing pituitary conditions, hypertension, major surgery, anticoagulation therapy, pregnancy, radiotherapy. Appropriate endocrine, ...