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Pituitary apoplexy presenting as aseptic meningitis without visual loss or ophthalmoplegia
Author(s) -
Reutens D. C.,
Edis R. H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1990.tb01321.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aseptic meningitis , pituitary apoplexy , chromophobe cell , meningitis , pituitary adenoma , presentation (obstetrics) , decompression , surgical decompression , hydrocephalus , surgery , cerebral spinal fluid , external ophthalmoplegia , visual field , adenoma , pathology , ophthalmology , anesthesia , biochemistry , chemistry , mitochondrial dna , gene , clear cell , renal cell carcinoma
Clinical and spinal fluid evidence of aseptic meningitis were the sole features at presentation in a patient with pituitary apoplexy. Visual impairment and bitemporal field defects developed later. Necrosis within a chromophobe adenoma was found at surgical decompression of the sella.