Endocrine & metabolic · UKMLA & AKT
Pituitary apoplexy
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Acute haemorrhage or infarction within a pituitary adenoma causing sudden expansion in the rigid sella - a rare but life-threatening endocrine emergency.
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