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Pituitary Apoplexy May Be Mistaken for Temporal Arteritis

Pituitary apoplexy is a rare endocrine emergency, characterized by a sudden increase in pituitary gland volume secondary to acute ischaemic infarction or haemorrhage of the pituitary gland, usually in the presence of a pituitary adenoma. We present the case of a 79-year-old man admitted for new-onse...

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Autores principales: Pedro, Bárbara, Patrícia, Tereza, Aldomiro, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SMC Media Srl 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6886638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31890705
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2019_001261