Meanings of pituitary apoplexy in English

Conclusion: Most of our findings add little to what is known about pituitary apoplexy.

Background and objective: There is agreement in the literature that pituitary apoplexy is a rare disorder.

We found a much higher incidence of pituitary apoplexy despite rather rigorous criteria for the diagnosis.

A diagnosis of pituitary apoplexy was made from relevant neurological symptoms together with pertinent findings at operation.

A 59-year-old Asian woman suffered from a TCH followed by sudden, binocular blurred vision, mimicking pituitary apoplexy.

In 15 patients with pituitary apoplexy, we determined relationship between interval of MR examination after apoplectic event and MR signal intensity.

The outcome as regards survival and endocrine function was not different from that in patients with a nonfunctioning adenoma who did not suffer pituitary apoplexy.

Results: Pituitary apoplexy occurred in 41 patients (21%), in 23 patients within 12 days prior to the operation.