Pituitary necrosis after spinal anesthesia: A case report;Necrose hypophysaire post-rachianesthesie: Cas clinique

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-167

  Bria, A ^a   Berger, A ^b,e   Pepcak, F ^c   Burger, A ^d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Ctr Soins Continus Div G   (Switzerland)

^c LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Serv d'Endocrinol Diabet Hop U   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antithyroid agents; Drug hypersensitivity; Methimazole

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ADENOMA; AGED; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOMA; AGED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033926062     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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