title: Pituitary apoplexy presenting as multiple ocular nerve palsies of sudden onset.
abstract: An acromegalic patient with pituitary apoplexy presented with multiple ocular nerve palsies with full visual fields. High resolution CT confirmed a pituitary tumour. We believe this clinical combination to be unique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, St Bartholomews Hospital, London.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Afshar
mesh_terms: D000010:Abducens Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014321:Trochlear Nerve / Q000601:surgery