[Hypophyseal apoplexy, an urgent indication for surgery].
Pituitary apoplexy with acute visual loss has to be considered as emergency operative indication. 3 cases presenting headache, rapid visual deterioration and ophthalmoplegia were operated upon from a transphenoidal approach. Immediate operative decompression proved to resolve the acutely evolved symptoms in all 3 cases.
D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Die Hypophysenapoplexie, eine dringliche Operationsindikation.