Hemorrhagic necrosis of pituitary adenomas.
Neurol India
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2002 Dec; 50(4): 490-3
Article
in English
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| ID: sea-120527
ABSTRACT
A clinicopathological study of 41 cases of pituitary apoplexy in a series of 324 surgically treated pituitary adenomas is presented. In 23 patients, the predominant operative finding was hemorrhage with or without necrosis. However, there were 15 (37.7%) cases where pale, necrotic tissue with no evidence of hemorrhage was found at surgery. Pale, necrotic material was particularly found when there was a long interval between the acute clinical event and surgery. It is concluded that the pale, necrotic debris represents one stage in the resorption process of blood after hemorrhagic necrosis of pituitary adenomas. This entity needs to be kept in mind especially since the material closely resemble the pultaceous material seen in craniopharyngiomas and epidermoid cysts.
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Main subject:
Pituitary Neoplasms
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Pituitary Apoplexy
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Adenoma
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Retrospective Studies
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Adult
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Journal:
Neurol India
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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