Cerebral infarction following pituitary apoplexy: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 479-483

  Akutsu, Hiroyoshi ^a,c,d   Noguchi, Shozo ^a   Tsunoda, Takashi ^a   Sasaki, Mamoru ^a   Matsumura, Akira ^b  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c Tsukuba Medical Center   (Japan)

^d TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Pituitary apoplexy; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LETHARGY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PTOSIS; PUPIL REFLEX; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VASOSPASM; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 4744362676     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.479     Document Type: Article

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