Haematological aspects of hypophyseal tumours.
This paper is devoted to the study of anaemia in patients with hypophyseal tumours. Anaemia with a red blood cell count of 2.4 million/mm3 to 3.9 million/mm3 was found in 60 of 280 patients (21.7%) with hypophyseal tumours; 52 of the 60 patients were operated on. Similar changes were observed in 25 of 60 cases (41.7%) of craniopharyngioma. Apart from anaemia and a low haemoglobin some of the patients also had anisocytosis, anisochromia, leucocytosis, and haemolytic shock.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*