Adam N Mamelak, Andrew S Little, Paul A Gardner, João Paulo Almeida, Pablo Recinos, Pranay Soni, Varun R Kshettry, John A Jane, Garni Barkhoudarian, Daniel F Kelly, Robert Dodd, Debraj Mukherjee, Zachary C Gersey, Noriaki Fukuhara, Hiroshi Nishioka, Eui-Hyun Kim, Claude-Fabien Litré, Elliott Sina, Mia W Mazer, Yujie Cui, Vivien Bonert
OBJECTIVE: Pituitary apoplexy (PA) has been traditionally considered a neurosurgical emergency, yet retrospective single-institution studies suggest similar outcomes among patients managed medically. We established a multicenter international prospective registry to compare presentation and outcomes in PA patients treated with surgery or medical management alone. METHODS: A centralized database captured demographics, comorbidities, clinical presentation, visual findings, hormonal status, and imaging features at admission...
September 12, 2023: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism