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Suspected pituitary apoplexy in a German shorthaired pointer
Author(s) -
Long S. N.,
Michieletto A.,
Anderson T. J.,
Williams A.,
Knottenbelt C. M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2003.tb00110.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pituitary apoplexy , pointer (user interface) , artificial intelligence , pituitary adenoma , adenoma , computer science
Pituitary apoplexy is a syndrome which has been described in humans caused by acute haemorrhage or infarction within a pituitary tumour or a non‐tumorous pituitary gland. This report describes the authors’observations of a dog in which vomiting, visual disturbances, seizures, altered consciousness and diencephalic dysfunction occurred in association with haemorrhage originating from a pituitary macroadenoma. The clinical signs were thought to be consistent with disruption of the hypothalamus and brainstem, together with raised intracranial pressure due to intraventricular haemorrhage. These signs, and the pathological findings, bear a striking resemblance to those associated with the syndrome of pituitary apoplexy, seen in humans.