Pituitary apoplexy induced by Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists for treating prostate cancer-report of first Asian case

We present the first Asian case of a 77-year-old man who developed pituitary apoplexy (PA) soon after gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) (leuprorelin) injection to treat prostate cancer. Headache, ophthalmoplegia, visual field deficit, nausea, and vomiting are the typical characteristics...

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Autores principales: Huang, Tsung-Yi, Lin, Jih-Pin, Lieu, Ann-Shung, Chen, Yi-Ting, Chen, Hung-Sheng, Jang, Mei-Yu, Shen, Jung-Tsung, Wu, Wen-Jeng, Huang, Shu-Pin, Juan, Yung-Shun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3851712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24088191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-11-254

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3851712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24088191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-11-254

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