Pituitary apoplexy within a macroprolactinoma

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 635-641

  Watt, Alastair ^a   Pobereskin, Louis ^b   Vaidya, Bijay ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypopituitarism; Ocular palsy; Pituitary apoplexy; Prolactinoma

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEADACHE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERGOLINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54549117906     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0968     Document Type: Article

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