Pituitary apoplexy: an unusual cause of frontal lobe syndrome

Australas Radiol. 2005 Apr;49(2):127-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01362.x.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / complications
  • Adenoma / diagnosis
  • Adult
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pituitary Apoplexy / complications
  • Pituitary Apoplexy / diagnosis*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / complications
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / complications
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed