Pituitary apoplexy in a child presenting with massive subarachnoid and intraventricular hemorrhage.
A case of pituitary apoplexy in a child with massive subarachnoid and intraventricular hemorrhage is reported. The patient presented with a sudden onset of headache, diminution of visual acuity and a bitemporal visual field defect. Computerized tomography revealed a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage with extension of blood into the third ventricle. Angiography did not show an aneurysm. The patient was operated on and altered blood within a necrotic pituitary adenoma was decompressed. His vision and field defect improved along with resolution of headache in the postoperative period.
Satyarthee
G D
GD
The Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Mahapatra
A K
AK
D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000209:etiology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology