Pituitary Apoplexy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Turgut, Mehmet (Editor), Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar (Editor), Powell, Michael (Editor), Muthukumar, Natarajan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Endocrinology.; Neurosurgery.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.

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 optima...