Pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy: escape from the verge of death
Objective: Pituitary apoplexy during pregnancy is extremely rare. Hypofunction of multiple glands due to pituitary hormone deficiency can be life threatening for the fetus and mother. A poorly functioning pituitary gland presents a variety of neurological and endocrinological symptoms, making it dif...
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| description | Objective: Pituitary apoplexy during pregnancy is extremely rare. Hypofunction of multiple glands due to pituitary hormone deficiency can be life threatening for the fetus and mother. A poorly functioning pituitary gland presents a variety of neurological and endocrinological symptoms, making it difficult to diagnose. The authors present a case of pituitary apoplexy in a 24-week pregnant woman who was not previously diagnosed with pituitary adenoma. Case Report: A 26-year-old woman who was 24 weeks into her first pregnancy presented with pituitary apoplexy, which included symptoms of increasing headache, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, and hypotensive attacks. With a multidisciplinary approach involving the departments of neurosurgery, endocrinology, gynaecology, and obstetrics, the patient underwent rapid replacement therapy and pituitary tumour excision. Pregnancy ended at the 39th week without any feto-maternal complication. Conclusion: Pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy is rare and, difficult to diagnose, and requires a multidisciplinary approach to achieve a successful outcome. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bb156b6991294841b889b534dcf0ff3e2025-08-20T02:19:11ZengIMR PressClinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology0390-66632020-06-0147342943110.31083/j.ceog.2020.03.5257S0390-6663(20)00282-1Pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy: escape from the verge of deathH. Cokmez0C. Bayram1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Karabaglar, Izmir, TurkeyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Karabaglar, Izmir, TurkeyObjective: Pituitary apoplexy during pregnancy is extremely rare. Hypofunction of multiple glands due to pituitary hormone deficiency can be life threatening for the fetus and mother. A poorly functioning pituitary gland presents a variety of neurological and endocrinological symptoms, making it difficult to diagnose. The authors present a case of pituitary apoplexy in a 24-week pregnant woman who was not previously diagnosed with pituitary adenoma. Case Report: A 26-year-old woman who was 24 weeks into her first pregnancy presented with pituitary apoplexy, which included symptoms of increasing headache, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, and hypotensive attacks. With a multidisciplinary approach involving the departments of neurosurgery, endocrinology, gynaecology, and obstetrics, the patient underwent rapid replacement therapy and pituitary tumour excision. Pregnancy ended at the 39th week without any feto-maternal complication. Conclusion: Pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy is rare and, difficult to diagnose, and requires a multidisciplinary approach to achieve a successful outcome.https://www.imrpress.com/journal/CEOG/47/3/10.31083/j.ceog.2020.03.5257pituitary apoplexypituitary neoplasmspregnancy |
| spellingShingle | H. Cokmez C. Bayram Pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy: escape from the verge of death Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology pituitary apoplexy pituitary neoplasms pregnancy |
| title | Pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy: escape from the verge of death |
| title_full | Pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy: escape from the verge of death |
| title_fullStr | Pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy: escape from the verge of death |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy: escape from the verge of death |
| title_short | Pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy: escape from the verge of death |
| title_sort | pituitary apoplexy developing during pregnancy escape from the verge of death |
| topic | pituitary apoplexy pituitary neoplasms pregnancy |
| url | https://www.imrpress.com/journal/CEOG/47/3/10.31083/j.ceog.2020.03.5257 |
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