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Report of Two Cases With Spontaneous Recovery

R. LEWIS WRIGHT, MD; ROBERT G. OJEMANN, MD; JOHN H. DREW, MD

Arch Neurol. 1965;12(3):326-331.

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SINCE Brougham et al⁶ in 1950 reviewed the literature and reported five new cases of pituitary apoplexy, there has been an increasing interest in the subject. Subsequent physicians^22,26,45 reporting their clinical experiences have cited other recorded cases so that the total number now stands at or near 85.^{2-11,13-15,17-26, 30-33,35-49} We have recently treated two additional patients with spontaneous hemorrhage into pituitary adenomata. The details of these are reported here.

Clinical Summaries

CASE 1.—A 63-year-old bricklayer was transferred from another hospital on April 29, 1960, for evaluation of headache, diplopia, drowsiness, nausea, and vomiting of five days duration. In 1954 a routine chest x-ray had shown multiple pulmonary densities which were thought to represent silicosis. However, metastatic tumor was considered, and a lateral skull film taken as part of a routine metastatic bone series showed an enlarged sella turcica. Endocrine studies showed normal 17-ketosteroid and 17-hydroxysteroid excretion values . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BOSTON

From the Neurosurgical Services, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug, 1964; accepted Nov 4.

Reprint requests to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass 02114 (Dr. Wright).

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