Pituitary apoplexy: Retrospective review of 30 patients - Is surgical intervention always necessary?

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 379-385

  Gruber, A ^a   Clayton, J ^a   Kumar, S ^b   Robertson, I ^a   Howlett, Ta ^a   Mansell, P ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Pituitary apoplexy; Pituitary surgery; Pituitary tumour; Vision

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33847145965     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690601046678     Document Type: Review

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