Pituitary apoplexy and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: A new case and review of the literature

Pituitary

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-192

  Maiza J C ^a   Bennet, A ^a   Thorn Kany, M ^a   Lagarrigue, J ^a   Caron, Ph ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Idiopathicthrombocytopenic purpura; Macroprolactinoma; Pituitary apoplexy; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HORMONE ANTIBODY; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; PROLACTIN; QUINAGOLIDE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; BLEEDING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPITUITARISM; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBIT DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; PTOSIS; RASH; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE NECROSIS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; THYROXINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644672851     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-005-1760-6     Document Type: Review

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