Abstract
Pituitary apoplexy presenting as frontal lobe syndrome is rare. Interestingly, in our patient the frontal lobe infarct was as a result of intense anterior cerebral artery spasm consequent to nonaneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. The mechanisms of cerebral infarct associated with pituitary apoplexy are discussed.
MeSH terms
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Adenoma / complications
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Adenoma / diagnosis
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Adult
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Angiography, Digital Subtraction
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Cerebral Angiography
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Frontal Lobe / pathology*
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Pituitary Apoplexy / complications
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Pituitary Apoplexy / diagnosis*
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Pituitary Neoplasms / complications
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Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / complications
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
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Syndrome
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed