Pituitary apoplexy presenting as massive subarachnoid haemorrhage

The clinical syndrome of pituitary apoplexy evolves within hours to days. 2 The symptoms vary from mild to severe and can progress rapidly to coma and death. Because many patients are unaware that they harbour a pituitary tumour,pituitary apoplexy is often unrecognised at presentation.

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Published in:	Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry Vol. 69; no. 5; pp. 700 - 701
Main Authors:	AL WOHAIBI, MOHAMMED, RUSSELL, NEVILLE A, AL FERAYAN, AHMED, AWADA, ADNAN, AL JUMAH, MOHAMMED, OMOJOLA, MATTHEW
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01-11-2000 BMJ Group
Subjects:	Aged Aneurysms Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - pathology Consciousness Diagnosis, Differential Female Hemorrhage Humans Letters to the Editor Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pituitary Apoplexy - pathology Pituitary gland Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - pathology Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:	The clinical syndrome of pituitary apoplexy evolves within hours to days. 2 The symptoms vary from mild to severe and can progress rapidly to coma and death. Because many patients are unaware that they harbour a pituitary tumour,pituitary apoplexy is often unrecognised at presentation.
ISSN:	0022-3050 1468-330X
DOI:	10.1136/jnnp.69.5.700