Pituitary apoplexy
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Features of a necrotic/haemorrhagic pituitary macroadenoma with impingement upon the optic chiasm, and cavernous sinus content, particularly on the left.
Pituitary apoplexy represents a clinical syndrome related to an acute hemorrhagic or ischemic transformation of a pituitary macroadenoma or even the normal adenohypophysis. Clinically it is characterised by a headache, visual impairment, and ophthalmoplegia.
Bleeding in the pituitary gland is clinically silent in most cases 1.
Histology images and report were courtesy of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Pathology Department.
-<p>Features of a necrotic/haemorrhagic <a title="Pituitary macroadenoma" href="/articles/pituitary-macroadenoma-1">pituitary macroadenoma</a> with impingement upon the optic chiasm, and cavernous sinus content, particularly on the left. </p><p><a title="Pituitary apoplexy" href="/articles/pituitary-apoplexy">Pituitary apoplexy</a> represents a clinical syndrome related to an acute hemorrhagic or ischemic transformation of a pituitary macroadenoma or even the normal adenohypophysis. Clinically it is characterised by a headache, visual impairment, and ophthalmoplegia.</p><p>Bleeding in the pituitary gland is clinically silent in most cases <sup>1</sup>.</p>- +<p>Features of a necrotic/haemorrhagic <a href="/articles/pituitary-macroadenoma-1">pituitary macroadenoma</a> with impingement upon the optic chiasm, and cavernous sinus content, particularly on the left. </p><p><a href="/articles/pituitary-apoplexy">Pituitary apoplexy</a> represents a clinical syndrome related to an acute hemorrhagic or ischemic transformation of a pituitary macroadenoma or even the normal adenohypophysis. Clinically it is characterised by a headache, visual impairment, and ophthalmoplegia.</p><p>Bleeding in the pituitary gland is clinically silent in most cases <sup>1</sup>.</p><p>Histology images and report were courtesy of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Pathology Department. </p>
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