title: High altitude exposure as a possible predisposing factor for pituitary adenoma apoplexy.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vitali
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy.
authors.forename: Frank R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Canevari
authors.affiliation: Unit of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy - cattamd@hotmail.it.|Unit of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Surgery, Diagnostics, and Pediatrics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cattalani
authors.affiliation: Unit of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grasso
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological, Reproductive, and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Somma
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological, Reproductive, and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Cavallo
authors.affiliation: Unit of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barbanera
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D000531:Altitude; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000473:pathology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000473:pathology