PITUITARY APOPLEXY SECONDARY TO AN UNDERLYING ABSCESS

Authors
KINGDON CC SIDHU PS COHEN J
Citation
Cc. Kingdon et al., PITUITARY APOPLEXY SECONDARY TO AN UNDERLYING ABSCESS, The Journal of infection, 33(1), 1996, pp. 53-55
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
01634453
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
53 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-4453(1996)33:1<53:PASTAU>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
An unusual case of pituitary apoplexy in a patient with pituitary absc ess is described. The patient was found to have underlying chronic lym phocytic leukaemia and an associated hypogammaglobinaemia is postulate d as being the predisposing cause for infection.