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* In addition, the pituitary adenomas can outgrow their blood supply making them susceptible to bleeding and [[infarction]]. The [[bleeding]] may lead to increase in [[intrasellar]] [[pressure]].
* In addition, the pituitary adenomas can outgrow their blood supply making them susceptible to bleeding and [[infarction]]. The [[bleeding]] may lead to increase in [[intrasellar]] [[pressure]].
* The increased [[intrasellar]] [[pressure]] can compress the adjoining structures and lead to clinical symptoms of pituitary apoplexy.<ref name="pmid15531524">{{cite journal| author=Zayour DH, Selman WR, Arafah BM| title=Extreme elevation of intrasellar pressure in patients with pituitary tumor apoplexy: relation to pituitary function. | journal=J Clin Endocrinol Metab | year= 2004 | volume= 89 | issue= 11 | pages= 5649-54 | pmid=15531524 | doi=10.1210/jc.2004-0884 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15531524  }} </ref>
* The increased [[intrasellar]] [[pressure]] can compress the adjoining structures and lead to clinical symptoms of pituitary apoplexy.<ref name="pmid15531524">{{cite journal| author=Zayour DH, Selman WR, Arafah BM| title=Extreme elevation of intrasellar pressure in patients with pituitary tumor apoplexy: relation to pituitary function. | journal=J Clin Endocrinol Metab | year= 2004 | volume= 89 | issue= 11 | pages= 5649-54 | pmid=15531524 | doi=10.1210/jc.2004-0884 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15531524  }} </ref>
==Associated conditions==


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akshun Kalia M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

Pathophysiology

Pituitary apoplexy is caused by bleeding into pituitary gland.

  • In addition, the pituitary adenomas can outgrow their blood supply making them susceptible to bleeding and infarction. The bleeding may lead to increase in intrasellar pressure.
  • The increased intrasellar pressure can compress the adjoining structures and lead to clinical symptoms of pituitary apoplexy.[4]

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References

  1. Oldfield EH, Merrill MJ (2015). "Apoplexy of pituitary adenomas: the perfect storm". J Neurosurg. 122 (6): 1444–9. doi:10.3171/2014.10.JNS141720. PMID 25859802.
  2. Schechter J (1972). "Ultrastructural changes in the capillary bed of human pituitary tumors". Am J Pathol. 67 (1): 109–26. PMC 2032586. PMID 5055626.
  3. Schechter J, Goldsmith P, Wilson C, Weiner R (1988). "Morphological evidence for the presence of arteries in human prolactinomas". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 67 (4): 713–9. doi:10.1210/jcem-67-4-713. PMID 3417848.
  4. Zayour DH, Selman WR, Arafah BM (2004). "Extreme elevation of intrasellar pressure in patients with pituitary tumor apoplexy: relation to pituitary function". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 89 (11): 5649–54. doi:10.1210/jc.2004-0884. PMID 15531524.

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