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  • Title: Pituitary apoplexy manifested by sterile meningitis.
    Author: Haviv YS, Goldschmidt N, Safadi R.
    Journal: Eur J Med Res; 1998 May 12; 3(5):263-4. PubMed ID: 9580573.
    Abstract:
    Pituitary apoplexy is rare and underdiagnosed. It results from either infarction or hemorrhage into an adenoma of the pituitary gland. The clinical presentation comprises a rapid development of impaired consciousness, severe headache, and amblyopia or diplopia. Meningeal irritation signs are considered rare and have not been reported as presenting signs. We report a 64-year-old patient whose presentation with necrosis of a pituitary adenoma was clinically indistinguishable from infectious meningitis.
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