Postpartum pituitary apoplexy with isolated oculomotor nerve palsy: A rare medical emergency
Pituitary apoplexy is a clinical syndrome characterized by sudden onset headache, visual deficits, ophthalmoplegia, altered mental status, and hormonal dysfunction due to an expanding mass within the sella turcica resulting from hemorrhage or infarction of pituitary gland. We report a case of pituit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.165348 |