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1168878

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-8-7
pubmed:abstractText
In addition to progressive endocrine dysfunction and progressive visual loss, pituitary neoplasms may annouce their presence by the more catastrophic alternative of spontaneous tumor infarction. In two patients reported, illness due to the spontaneous infraction of pituitary tumors was heralded by sudden onset of focal headache associated with diplopia. Stupor, confusion, and evidence of increased intracranial pressure occurred without subarachnoid hemorrhage or massive extrasellar extension of tumor. One patient developed inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion with spontaneous infarction in a large but clinically silent chromophobe adenoma. In both patients, skull x-rays suggested a long-standing intrasella mass. Both underwent prompt treatment with endocrinologic replacement therapy and subsequent successful transsphenoidal removal of voluminous, infarcted, pituitary masses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0028-3878
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
580-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Spontaneous infarction in pituitary tumors: neurologic and therapeutic aspects.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.