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Descriptor English:   Pituitary Apoplexy 
Descriptor Spanish:   Apoplejia Hipofisaria 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Apoplexia Hipofisária 
Synonyms English:   Apoplexy, Pituitary  
Tree Number:   C10.228.140.300.535.625
C10.228.140.617.738.350
C14.907.253.573.600
C19.700.725
Definition English:   The sudden loss of blood supply to the PITUITARY GLAND, leading to tissue NECROSIS and loss of function (PANHYPOPITUITARISM). The most common cause is hemorrhage or INFARCTION of a PITUITARY ADENOMA. It can also result from acute hemorrhage into SELLA TURCICA due to HEAD TRAUMA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; or other acute effects of central nervous system hemorrhage. Clinical signs include severe HEADACHE; HYPOTENSION; bilateral visual disturbances; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; and COMA. 
History Note English:   1987 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
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congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
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metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   19294 
Unique Identifier:   D010899 

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