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  title info:
    title: Pituitary Apoplexy
  name:
    name part: Turgut, Mehmet.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Powell, Michael.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Muthukumar, Natarajan.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIV, 188 p. 32 illus., 20 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Pituitary apoplexy is a rare and life-threatening complication that occurs in 0.6–10.5% of all patients with pituitary adenomas. Unfortunately, pituitary apoplexy is often misdiagnosed before surgery. Furthermore, in spite of all the advances in imaging techniques and therapeutic methods, its optimal management is still controversial owing to the limited individual experience and the very variable clinical course of the condition, which ranges from asymptomatic to critical illness with visual loss and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The management of visual dysfunction in particular remains a subject of debate. This book provides an in-depth review of knowledge of the management of pituitary apoplexy, with an emphasis on clinical and neuroradiological findings and treatment modalities, medical and surgical. In addition, it supplies clinicians and investigators with detailed information on current evidence and considers future areas of investigation and innovative therapeutic philosophies. Both the editors and the authors are leading international authorities in the field.
  table of contents: Introduction: Definition, History, Frequency, Histopathology and Pathophysiology of Pituitary Apoplexy. Overview: Conservative versus Surgical Decompression for Pituitary Apoplexy. Tumours Types which Show Apoplexy: Predisposing factors for Pituitary Apoplexy -- Non-functioning tumour apoplexy -- Apoplexy in previously known tumours -- Post-operative Pituitary Apoplexy. Clinical Features: Clinical features of Pituitary Apoplexy -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage with Pituitary Adenoma -- Cerebral ischaemia in Pituitary Apoplexy. Visual and Endocrine Assessment: Visual acuity, eye movements and visual fields -- Visual outcome following Pituitary Apoplexy.- Preoperative endocrine function and fluid electrolyte balance -- Endocrinopathies and other biochemical abnormalities in Pituitary Apoplexy. Mimicking Conditions: Carotid artery aneurysm -- Hypothalamic lymphoma -- Rathke's cleft cysts mimicking Pituitary Apoplexy. Management: Conservative management of Pituitary Apoplexy -- Surgical decompression for Pituitary Apoplexy -- Timing of surgery and outcome in Pituitary Apoplexy. Complications: Subarachnoid hemorrhage after transsphenoidal surgery.
  note: edited by Mehmet Turgut, Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, Michael Powell, Natarajan Muthukumar.
  subject:
    topic: Medicine
  subject:
    topic: Endocrinology
  subject:
    topic: Neurosurgery
  subject:
    topic: Ophthalmology
  subject:
    topic: Medicine & Public Health
  subject:
    topic: Neurosurgery
  subject:
    topic: Endocrinology
  subject:
    topic: Ophthalmology
  classification: RD592.5-596
  classification: 617.48
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783642385087
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38508-7
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    record creation date: 131203
    record change date: 20150519191827.0
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