Dissociated hypopituitarism after spontaneous pituitary apoplexy in acromegaly

Dissociated hypopituitarism after spontaneous pituitary apoplexy in acromegaly

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is an uncommon event and usually occurs in non-functioning pituitary tumors. Among the functioning tumors, prolactinomas are the ones most likely to apoplexy. Apoplexy in growth hormone (GH) producing adenomas is a very rare event with less than thirty cases reported...

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Main Authors: Shahnaz Ahmad Mir, Shariq Rashid Masoodi, Mir Iftikhar Bashir, Arshad Iqbal Wani, Khalid Jamal Farooqui, Basharat Kanth, Abdul Rashid Bhat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
Acromegaly
pituitary apoplexy
pituitary macroadenoma
Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2013;volume=17;issue=7;spage=102;epage=104;aulast=Mir

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