%0 Journal Article
%T Apoplej¨ªa pituitaria: Revisi¨®n del tema
%A Serramito-Garc¨ªa
%A R.
%A Garc¨ªa-Allut
%A A.
%A Arcos-Algaba
%A A.N.
%A Castro-Bouzas
%A D.
%A Sant¨ªn-Amo
%A J.M.
%A Gelabert-Gonz¨¢lez
%A M.
%J Neurocirug¨ªa
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4321/S1130-14732011000100004
%X pituitary apoplexy constitutes a syndrome that is characterized by the ischemic infarction or hemorrhage into a pituitary tumour. clinically the patient develops sudden headache, meningismus, visual disturbances, even blindness, and occasionally decrease in level of consciousness. to diagnose it is basic to perform a cerebral mri. treatment consists in urgent sellar decompression by transsphenoidal surgery and substitute therapy with steroids.
%K pituitary apoplexy
%K transsphenoidal surgery
%K hemorrhage
%K precipitanting factors.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1130-14732011000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en