title: Pituitary tumor apoplexy.
abstract: Pituitary tumor apoplexy is a medical emergency due to acute infarction or hemorrhage in the pituitary gland. In this review, the authors discuss the sellar anatomy, the pituitary gland and adenomas' vascularization and the general aspects of the syndrome such as its ethiopatogenesis, predisposing factors, clinical features, treatment and prognosis.
authors: Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil. chang.cv@gmail.com
authors: Claudia V
authors: CV
authors: Chang
authors: Andre C
authors: AC
authors: Felicio
authors: Andrea Cecilia
authors: AC
authors: Toscanini
authors: Manoel Jacobsen
authors: MJ
authors: Teixeira
authors: Malebranche Berardo Carneiro da
authors: MB
authors: Cunha-Neto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors