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Pituitary Apoplexy Complicated by Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report

Cerebral infarction is a rare complication of pituitary apoplexy, which can result in significant morbidity if not treated on time. Pituitary apoplexy mostly occurs in pre-existing adenoma, which can remain undiagnosed until symptoms arise. Here, we present a case of a 26-year-old man with undiagnos...

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Autores principales: Pokhrel, Biraj, Khanal, Shambhu, Chapagain, Parikshit, Sedain, Gopal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34508512
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6120
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author Pokhrel, Biraj
Khanal, Shambhu
Chapagain, Parikshit
Sedain, Gopal
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description Cerebral infarction is a rare complication of pituitary apoplexy, which can result in significant morbidity if not treated on time. Pituitary apoplexy mostly occurs in pre-existing adenoma, which can remain undiagnosed until symptoms arise. Here, we present a case of a 26-year-old man with undiagnosed acromegaly who presented with left retro-orbital pain, diminished vision of the left eye, and right hemiparesis. Neuroimaging revealed large hemorrhagic sellar mass and ischemic infarction in the left middle cerebral artery territory. Emergency transcranial tumor excision was done, which resulted in significant neurological recovery.
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spelling pubmed-91078602022-05-27 Pituitary Apoplexy Complicated by Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report Pokhrel, Biraj Khanal, Shambhu Chapagain, Parikshit Sedain, Gopal JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc Case Report Cerebral infarction is a rare complication of pituitary apoplexy, which can result in significant morbidity if not treated on time. Pituitary apoplexy mostly occurs in pre-existing adenoma, which can remain undiagnosed until symptoms arise. Here, we present a case of a 26-year-old man with undiagnosed acromegaly who presented with left retro-orbital pain, diminished vision of the left eye, and right hemiparesis. Neuroimaging revealed large hemorrhagic sellar mass and ischemic infarction in the left middle cerebral artery territory. Emergency transcranial tumor excision was done, which resulted in significant neurological recovery. Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2021-07 2021-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9107860/ /pubmed/34508512 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6120 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chapagain, Parikshit
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Pituitary Apoplexy Complicated by Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report
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title_full Pituitary Apoplexy Complicated by Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report
title_fullStr Pituitary Apoplexy Complicated by Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Pituitary Apoplexy Complicated by Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report
title_short Pituitary Apoplexy Complicated by Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report
title_sort pituitary apoplexy complicated by cerebral infarction: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107860/
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