Pituitary apoplexy with optic tract oedema and haemorrhage in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Neuroradiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 156-158

  Lenthall, R ^a   Gonugunta, V ^a   Jaspan, T ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Optic tract haemorrhage; Optic tract oedema; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBULIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0035134946     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340000390     Document Type: Article

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