Ptosis postcardiac surgery: a case of pituitary apoplexy.
We present a patient in whom ptosis and third cranial nerve palsy developed postcoronary artery bypass grafting, and discuss the management of pituitary apoplexy postcardiac surgery.
Alzetani
Aiman
A
Wessex Cardiac Centre, Southampton General Hospital, United Kingdom.
Fisher
Christopher
C
Costa
Robert
R
Ohri
Sunil K
SK
D000368:Aged; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012086:Reoperation