A rare fatal course of disease in a patient with spontaneous pituitary apoplexy. Case report and literature review.
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.
Lange
M
M
Neurosurgical Department, Klinikum VS-Schwenningen, Germany. nch.manfred.lange@klinikumvs.de
Woenckhaus
M
M
Segiet
W
W
Oeckler
R
R
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