Literature DB >> 2991873

Acromegaly presenting as subarachnoid haemorrhage in a 76 year old woman.

K Beard, I C Macdougall, W M Behan.   

Abstract

Acromegaly usually presents in middle age with the gradual onset of classical signs and symptoms. We report the case of an elderly woman who presented with subarachnoid haemorrhage due to infarction of a pituitary adenoma and rupture into the subarachnoid space.

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Year:  1985        PMID: 2991873      PMCID: PMC2418336          DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.61.717.615

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Postgrad Med J        ISSN: 0032-5473            Impact factor:   2.401


  3 in total

1.  Extrasellar Extensions of Pituitary Adenomas: (Section of Neurology).

Authors:  G Jefferson
Journal:  Proc R Soc Med       Date:  1940-05

2.  Recurrent subarachnoid haemorrhage in pituitary adenoma.

Authors:  S Mohanty; A K Thacker; B C Katiyar; S Misra; C J Rao; S N Rao
Journal:  J Assoc Physicians India       Date:  1979-06

3.  Pituitary apoplexy: its incidence and clinical significance.

Authors:  S Wakai; T Fukushima; A Teramoto; K Sano
Journal:  J Neurosurg       Date:  1981-08       Impact factor: 5.115

  3 in total

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