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ea0077p101 | Neuroendocrinology and Pituitary | SFEBES2021

Worst headache of my life

Kejem Helmine , Mahmud Ahmad , Yusuf Mohamoud

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a rare clinical syndrome secondary to abrupt haemorrhage or infarction of the pituitary gland. It complicates 2-12% of pituitary tumour, most commonly in the setting of non-functioning adenomas 1. We are reporting a case on the evolving apoplexy. A 28-year-old male with sudden onset stabbing type frontal headache at night. He described this as the worst headache in his life. CT scan of head at presentation showed a 1.9 m lesion in the pituit...