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A rare fatal course of disease in a patient with spontaneous pituitary apoplexy

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A rare fatal course of a spontaneous pituitary apoplexy is described and its histological and pathophysiological causes are discussed. A review of the literature gives an overview of the historical and epidemiological data.

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  1. Neurosurgical Department, Klinikum VS-Schwenningen, Röntgenstrasse 20, D-78054 VS-Schwenningen, Germany e-mail: nch.manfred.lange@klinikumvs.de Tel.: +49 7720-93-2101, Fax: +49 7720-93-2199, , , , , , DE

    M. Lange & R. Oeckler

  2. Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany, , , , , , DE

    Mathias Woenckhaus

  3. Institute of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany, , , , , , DE

    Wolfgang Segiet

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Received: 2 June 1998 / Accepted: 12 January 1999

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Lange, M., Woenckhaus, M., Segiet, W. et al. A rare fatal course of disease in a patient with spontaneous pituitary apoplexy . Neurosurg Rev 22, 163–169 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101430050056

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