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Pituitary Apoplexy Producing Internal Carotid and Basilar Artery Compression: A Rare Case Report

Pituitary apoplexy is a rare disease followed by ischemic or hemorrhagic process within the pituitary adenoma. Here, we report two cases of pituitary apoplexy with a history of sudden onset of headache, vomiting, and diminished vision. Our aim is to share our experience and discuss these cases as fo...

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Autores principales: Nagure, Pramod Vaijnath, Nikam, Vasudha Ravindra, Garud, Amit Sambhaji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6208222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30459913
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_90_18
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Sumario:Pituitary apoplexy is a rare disease followed by ischemic or hemorrhagic process within the pituitary adenoma. Here, we report two cases of pituitary apoplexy with a history of sudden onset of headache, vomiting, and diminished vision. Our aim is to share our experience and discuss these cases as follows: the first one to know the compression of basilar artery along with the compression of basilar part of pons and in both the cases with compression of an internal carotid artery leading to cerebral infarcts.