Pituitary infarction: a potentially fatal cause of postoperative hyponatraemia and ocular palsy

Postsurgical hyponatraemia with ocular palsy suggests hypopituitarism from haemorrhagic infarction of an unsuspected pituitary adenoma

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Published inBMJ Vol. 342; no. mar17 3; p. d1221
Main Authors Prescott, Helen, Ellis, Elna, Soule, Steven
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 17.03.2011
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Adenoma
Aneurysms
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
Blood pressure
Female
Headaches
Hormones
Humans
Hyponatremia
Hyponatremia - etiology
Hypopituitarism
Infarction
Infarction - complications
Joint surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Neurological disorders
Neurosurgery
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Oculomotor Nerve Diseases - etiology
Paralysis
Pituitary
Pituitary Apoplexy - etiology
Pituitary Gland - blood supply
Plasma
Postoperative Complications - etiology
Sodium
Surgery
Thyroid gland
Tumors
Urine
Veins & arteries
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Summary:Postsurgical hyponatraemia with ocular palsy suggests hypopituitarism from haemorrhagic infarction of an unsuspected pituitary adenoma
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ISSN:0959-8138
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DOI:10.1136/bmj.d1221