Multidisciplinary Management of Pituitary Apoplexy

Pituitary apoplexy is a rare clinical syndrome due to ischemic or haemorrhagic necrosis of the pituitary gland which complicates 2–12% of pituitary tumours, especially nonfunctioning adenomas. In many cases, it results in severe neurological, ophthalmological, and endocrinological consequences and m...

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Main Authors:	Albani, Adriana, Ferraù, Francesco, Angileri, Filippo Flavio, Esposito, Felice, Granata, Francesca, Ferreri, Felicia, Cannavò, Salvatore
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198093/

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spelling	pubmed-51980932017-01-10 Multidisciplinary Management of Pituitary Apoplexy Albani, Adriana Ferraù, Francesco Angileri, Filippo Flavio Esposito, Felice Granata, Francesca Ferreri, Felicia Cannavò, Salvatore Review Article Pituitary apoplexy is a rare clinical syndrome due to ischemic or haemorrhagic necrosis of the pituitary gland which complicates 2–12% of pituitary tumours, especially nonfunctioning adenomas. In many cases, it results in severe neurological, ophthalmological, and endocrinological consequences and may require prompt surgical decompression. Pituitary apoplexy represents a rare medical emergency that necessitates a multidisciplinary approach. Modalities of treatment and times of intervention are still largely debated. Therefore, the management of patients with pituitary apoplexy is often empirically individualized and clinical outcome is inevitably related to the multidisciplinary team's skills and experience. This review aims to highlight the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in the management of pituitary apoplexy and to discuss modalities of presentation, treatment, and times of intervention. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5198093/ /pubmed/28074095 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7951536 Text en Copyright © 2016 Adriana Albani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Albani, Adriana Ferraù, Francesco Angileri, Filippo Flavio Esposito, Felice Granata, Francesca Ferreri, Felicia Cannavò, Salvatore
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author_facet	Albani, Adriana Ferraù, Francesco Angileri, Filippo Flavio Esposito, Felice Granata, Francesca Ferreri, Felicia Cannavò, Salvatore
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title	Multidisciplinary Management of Pituitary Apoplexy
title_short	Multidisciplinary Management of Pituitary Apoplexy
title_full	Multidisciplinary Management of Pituitary Apoplexy
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title_full_unstemmed	Multidisciplinary Management of Pituitary Apoplexy
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description	Pituitary apoplexy is a rare clinical syndrome due to ischemic or haemorrhagic necrosis of the pituitary gland which complicates 2–12% of pituitary tumours, especially nonfunctioning adenomas. In many cases, it results in severe neurological, ophthalmological, and endocrinological consequences and may require prompt surgical decompression. Pituitary apoplexy represents a rare medical emergency that necessitates a multidisciplinary approach. Modalities of treatment and times of intervention are still largely debated. Therefore, the management of patients with pituitary apoplexy is often empirically individualized and clinical outcome is inevitably related to the multidisciplinary team's skills and experience. This review aims to highlight the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in the management of pituitary apoplexy and to discuss modalities of presentation, treatment, and times of intervention.
publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Multidisciplinary Management of Pituitary Apoplexy

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