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Definition, History, Frequency, Histopathology and Pathophysiology of Pituitary Apoplexy

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Pituitary Apoplexy

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Pituitary apoplexy is one of uncommon but most important disorders of the nervous system, but its optimal management still remains controversial due to lack of randomized controlled trials in the literature. Even today, it is unclear for the majority of patients whether surgical or conservative management provides the best outcome in pituitary apoplexy. In this chapter, a summary of the definition, history, incidence, histopathological findings and pathophysiology of clinical manifestations of pituitary apoplexy was given for neurosurgeons, endocrinologists, neuro-ophthalmologists, neuroradiologists and neuropathologists.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Cumhuriyet Mahallesi, Adnan Menderes Bulvarı, Haltur Apartmanı No: 6/7, Aydın, 09020, Turkey

    Mehmet Turgut MD, PhD

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Bezmialem Vakıf University School of Medicine, Adnan Menderes Bulvarı, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, İstanbul, 34093, Turkey

    M. Hakan Seyithanoğlu MD & Saffet Tüzgen MD

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Turgut, M., Seyithanoğlu, M.H., Tüzgen, S. (2014). Definition, History, Frequency, Histopathology and Pathophysiology of Pituitary Apoplexy. In: Turgut, M., Mahapatra, A., Powell, M., Muthukumar, N. (eds) Pituitary Apoplexy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38508-7_1

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