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A Decrease In Visual Acuity Revealing A Pituitary Apoplexy

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  • Joumany Brahim Salem

    (Military Hospital of Instruction Mohammed V, Morocco)

  • Sidi Dahi

    (Mohammed V Military Instruction Hospital, Morocco.)

  • Mahdi Khammaily

    (Mohammed Military Instruction Hospital V, Morocco)

  • Wafa Akioud

    (Mohammed V Military Instructional Hospital, Morocco)

  • Yassine Mouzari

    (Military Hospital of Instruction Mohammed V, Morocco)

  • Karim Reda

    (Military Hospital of Instruction Mohammed V, Morocco)

  • Abdelbarre Oubaaz

    (Military Hospital of Instruction Mohammed V, Morocco)

Abstract

Pituitary apoplexy is caused by an infarction or a hemorrhage in a pituitary adenoma. It is a very serious but rare accident. We present the case of a 28-year-old patient with no specific history who had experienced severe acute headache and a sudden decrease in visual acuity. Clinical examination showed a VA with negative light perception on the right and 1/10 on the left , bilateral aréflective mydriasis ODG, ocular motility preserved bilaterally, with normal FO in both eyes. An emergency CT scan of the brain reveals a giant intra-sellar pituitary adenoma and a hemorrhagic area in it’s center evoking a picture of pituitary apoplexy.

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  • Joumany Brahim Salem & Sidi Dahi & Mahdi Khammaily & Wafa Akioud & Yassine Mouzari & Karim Reda & Abdelbarre Oubaaz, 2020. "A Decrease In Visual Acuity Revealing A Pituitary Apoplexy," European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 2(3), May.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejmed0:v:2:y:2020:i:3:id:40302
    DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.3.302
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