Pituitary calcification masquerading as pituitary apoplexy

Pituitary calcification occurs commonly in lactotroph or somatotroph adenoma but rare in chomophobe or gonadotroph adenoma. On imaging, it can mimic hemorrhage, hence may masquerade pituitary apoplexy if patient present with neurological manifestations. We present a case of pituitary calcification w...

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Autores principales: Garg, M. K., Singh, Giriraj, Brar, K. S., Kharb, Sandeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910844
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.123573
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author Garg, M. K.
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description Pituitary calcification occurs commonly in lactotroph or somatotroph adenoma but rare in chomophobe or gonadotroph adenoma. On imaging, it can mimic hemorrhage, hence may masquerade pituitary apoplexy if patient present with neurological manifestations. We present a case of pituitary calcification which mimicked pituitary apoplexy.
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spelling pubmed-40466142014-06-06 Pituitary calcification masquerading as pituitary apoplexy Garg, M. K. Singh, Giriraj Brar, K. S. Kharb, Sandeep Indian J Endocrinol Metab Case Report Pituitary calcification occurs commonly in lactotroph or somatotroph adenoma but rare in chomophobe or gonadotroph adenoma. On imaging, it can mimic hemorrhage, hence may masquerade pituitary apoplexy if patient present with neurological manifestations. We present a case of pituitary calcification which mimicked pituitary apoplexy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4046614/ /pubmed/24910844 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.123573 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046614/
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