A Rare Case of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Associated With Pituitary Apoplexy Without Comorbidities

Pituitary apoplexy is a medical and surgical emergency caused by hemorrhage or infarction of the hypophysis, which typically occurs within a pituitary adenoma. It is usually characterized by severe (often thunderclap) headache, visual disturbances, cranial nerve impairments, and hormonal deficiencie...

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Autores principales: Ghosh, Ritwik, Roy, Dipayan, Roy, Devlina, Mandal, Arpan, Dutta, Aloke, Naga, Dinabandhu, Benito-León, Julián
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7798947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33501401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvaa203
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Sumario:Pituitary apoplexy is a medical and surgical emergency caused by hemorrhage or infarction of the hypophysis, which typically occurs within a pituitary adenoma. It is usually characterized by severe (often thunderclap) headache, visual disturbances, cranial nerve impairments, and hormonal deficiencies. We herein report a case of a previously healthy woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection associated with pituitary apoplexy. The plausible pathophysiological mechanisms of pituitary apoplexy in infectious coronavirus disease 2019 are discussed.

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