Yelson Alejandro Picón Jaimes, Javier Esteban Orozco Chinome, Daniela López Cepeda, Loraine Quintana Pájaro, Hather Galindo-Velásquez, Yancarlos Ramos-Villegas, Vanessa Ripoll-Zapata, María Angélica Morales-Núñez, Luis Rafael Moscote Salazar
INTRODUCTION: Necrosis or hemorrhage associated with pituitary tumors is an infrequent complication. The term pituitary apoplexy is related to the development of an inflammatory process that leads to irritation of the meningeal and periselar areas. Regardless of the mechanism (hemorrhage or infarction), the extent of the hemorrhage and necrosis will produce an increase in intraselar pressure which, in turn, will lead to a more or less pronounced compression of neighboring structures, thus explaining the broad spectrum clinical...
June 6, 2022: Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas