| Literature DB >> 19547836 |
Claudia V Chang1, Andre C Felicio, Andrea Cecilia Toscanini, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Malebranche Berardo Carneiro da Cunha-Neto.
Abstract
Pituitary tumor apoplexy is a medical emergency due to acute infarction or hemorrhage in the pituitary gland. In this review, the authors discuss the sellar anatomy, the pituitary gland and adenomas' vascularization and the general aspects of the syndrome such as its ethiopatogenesis, predisposing factors, clinical features, treatment and prognosis.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19547836 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2009000200033
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arq Neuropsiquiatr ISSN: 0004-282X Impact factor: 1.420