Pituitary tumor apoplexy Apoplexia em tumor hipofisário

Pituitary tumor apoplexy is a medical emergency due to acute infarction or hemorrhage in the pituitary gland. In this review, the authors discuss the sellar anatomy, the pituitary gland and adenomas' vascularization and the general aspects of the syndrome such as its ethiopatogenesis, predispos...

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Main Authors: Claudia V. Chang, Andre C. Felicio, Andrea Cecilia Toscanini, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Malebranche Berardo Carneiro da Cunha-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2009-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2009000200033