Pituitary apoplexy presenting as aseptic meningitis without visual loss or ophthalmoplegia.
Clinical and spinal fluid evidence of aseptic meningitis were the sole features at presentation in a patient with pituitary apoplexy. Visual impairment and bitemporal field defects developed later. Necrosis within a chromophobe adenoma was found at surgical decompression of the sella.
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed