Apoplexy

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• DISCUSSION Pituitary apoplexy is a clinical syndrome related to an acute mass expansion around the pituitary gland.
• THE apoplexy is a sudden loss of sense and motion, wherein the patient is to all appearance dead; the heart and lungs however still continue to move.
• )heat-stroke might be jncluded, although owing to the suddenness with which a See also:PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THEperson may be struck down, the term heat apoplexy is frequently used, and, from an etymological point of view, quite justifiably.
• com Introduction Top Introduction Case reports Discussion References Pituitary apoplexy is a dangerous condition, often characterised by acute onset of headache, nausea, visual field loss, and ocular paresis.
• Diagnosis: Pituitary macroadenoma with apoplexy Discussion: Pituitary apoplexy is an uncommon complication of pituitary adenomas.

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