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2010, Number 595

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Rev Med Cos Cen 2010; 67 (595)

Apoplejia hipofisiaria simulando meningitis bacteriana

Salas SDA, Campos ON, Villalobos VJ

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 437-440
PDF size: 323.43 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Pituitary apoplexy is a rare yet potentially fatal disease. It is often misdiagnosed because the majority of patients have undetected pituitary adenomas, and the presentation is often mistaken for subarachnoid hemorrhage, meningitis or other entity. Infarction of the pituitary may be clinically benign or present catastrophically with severe headache, meningism, vomiting, reduction in visual fields, diplopia, impairment of consciousness, or death.


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