The snowman sign in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexy

Pituitary apoplexy is a life-threatening complication that may result from hemorrhage or infarction of a pituitary adenoma. Neuroimaging may reveal a snowman-like or ‘figure of 8ʹ configuration as a result of bilateral indentation of the tumor by the sellar diaphragm.

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Main Authors:	Khulood Bukhari, Vandhna Sharma, Sonia Gupta, Abbas Motazedi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021-05-01
Series:	Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Subjects:	pituitary pituitary adenoma pituitary apoplexy
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1898086

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spelling	doaj-d622b0c5ca2e4b67bcbde718d69a97972021-05-13T09:30:29ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives2000-96662021-05-0111341641710.1080/20009666.2021.18980861898086The snowman sign in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexyKhulood Bukhari0Vandhna Sharma1Sonia Gupta2Abbas Motazedi3University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown CampusNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesCreighton University School of MedicineThyroid, and EndocrinologyPituitary apoplexy is a life-threatening complication that may result from hemorrhage or infarction of a pituitary adenoma. Neuroimaging may reveal a snowman-like or ‘figure of 8ʹ configuration as a result of bilateral indentation of the tumor by the sellar diaphragm.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1898086pituitarypituitary adenomapituitary apoplexy
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title	The snowman sign in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexy
title_short	The snowman sign in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexy
title_full	The snowman sign in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexy
title_fullStr	The snowman sign in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexy
title_full_unstemmed	The snowman sign in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexy
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publisher	Taylor & Francis Group
series	Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
issn	2000-9666
publishDate	2021-05-01
description	Pituitary apoplexy is a life-threatening complication that may result from hemorrhage or infarction of a pituitary adenoma. Neuroimaging may reveal a snowman-like or ‘figure of 8ʹ configuration as a result of bilateral indentation of the tumor by the sellar diaphragm.
topic	pituitary pituitary adenoma pituitary apoplexy
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The snowman sign in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexy

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