Acromegaly: clinical features at diagnosis

L Vilar, CF Vilar, R Lyra, R Lyra, LA Naves - Pituitary, 2017 - Springer
Background Acromegaly is a rare and underdiagnosed disorder caused, in more than 95%
of cases, by a growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenoma. The GH hypersecretion …

Hyperprolactinaemia

I Samperi, K Lithgow, N Karavitaki - Journal of clinical medicine, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hyperprolactinaemia is one of the most common problems in clinical endocrinology. It
relates with various aetiologies (physiological, pharmacological, pathological), the …

Pilot findings on SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-induced pituitary diseases: a mini review from diagnosis to pathophysiology

A Taieb, EE Mounira - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2019, a massive vaccination
campaign has been undertaken rapidly and worldwide. Like other vaccines, the COVID-19 …

Pituitary apoplexy associated with acute COVID-19 infection and pregnancy

JL Chan, KD Gregory, SS Smithson, M Naqvi… - Pituitary, 2020 - Springer
Purpose We report a case of a pregnant female presenting with pituitary apoplexy and
simultaneous SARS-CoV-2 infection with a focus on management decisions. Clinical history …

Pituitary apoplexy and COVID-19 vaccination: a case report and literature review

L Aliberti, I Gagliardi, R Rizzo, D Bortolotti… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A 50-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for vomit, nausea, diplopia, and headache
resistant to analgesic drugs. Symptoms started the day after his third COVID-19 mRNA …

Apoplexy in nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas

LE Wildemberg, A Glezer, MD Bronstein, MR Gadelha - Pituitary, 2018 - Springer
Pituitary apoplexy is an uncommon event, occurring due to the infarction and/or
haemorrhage usually of a previously unknown pituitary adenoma. It can occur in all …

Pituitary apoplexy: results of surgical and conservative management clinical series and review of the literature

JP Almeida, MM Sanchez, C Karekezi, N Warsi… - World neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Pituitary apoplexy is associated with visual, cranial nerve, and endocrine
dysfunction. In this article, the results of surgical and conservative management of pituitary …

Pituitary tumors: epidemiology and clinical presentation spectrum

M Araujo-Castro, VR Berrocal, E Pascual-Corrales - Hormones, 2020 - Springer
Pituitary tumors (PTs) are a heterogeneous group of lesions of the central nervous system
that are usually benign. Most of them occur sporadically, but 5% can do so within family …

Multidisciplinary management of pituitary apoplexy

A Albani, F Ferraù, FF Angileri… - International journal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Pituitary apoplexy is a rare clinical syndrome due to ischemic or haemorrhagic necrosis of
the pituitary gland which complicates 2–12% of pituitary tumours, especially nonfunctioning …

Pituitary apoplexy: a retrospective study of 33 cases from a single center

H Falhammar, S Tornvall, C Höybye - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Purpose Acute symptomatic pituitary apoplexy is a rare and potentially life-threatening
condition. However, pituitary apoplexy can also present with milder symptoms and stable …