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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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of neurosciences in rural practice 2015-10, Vol.6 (4), p.598-600 |
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Zusammenfassung: | 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 pituitary apoplexy that developed in postpartum period following postpartum hemorrhage and presented with isolated third cranial nerve palsy. |
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ISSN: | 0976-3147 0976-3155 |
DOI: | 10.4103/0976-3147.165348 |