title: A rare fatal course of disease in a patient with spontaneous pituitary apoplexy. Case report and literature review.
abstract: A rare fatal course of a spontaneous pituitary apoplexy is described and its histological and pathophysiological causes are discussed. A review of the literature gives an overview of the historical and epidemiological data.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Department, Klinikum VS-Schwenningen, Germany. nch.manfred.lange@klinikumvs.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Woenckhaus
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Segiet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oeckler
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000473:pathology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology