Ghosh Ritwik, Roy Dipayan, Roy Devlina, Mandal Arpan, Dutta Aloke, Naga Dinabandhu, Benito-León Julián
Department of General Medicine, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
J Endocr Soc. 2021 Jan 2;5(3):bvaa203. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa203. eCollection 2021 Mar 1.
Pituitary apoplexy is a medical and surgical emergency caused by hemorrhage or infarction of the hypophysis, which typically occurs within a pituitary adenoma. It is usually characterized by severe (often thunderclap) headache, visual disturbances, cranial nerve impairments, and hormonal deficiencies. We herein report a case of a previously healthy woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection associated with pituitary apoplexy. The plausible pathophysiological mechanisms of pituitary apoplexy in infectious coronavirus disease 2019 are discussed.
垂体卒中是一种由垂体出血或梗死引起的内科和外科急症,通常发生在垂体腺瘤内。其典型表现为严重(常为霹雳样)头痛、视觉障碍、颅神经损伤和激素缺乏。我们在此报告一例既往健康的女性,其患有严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2感染并伴有垂体卒中。本文还讨论了2019冠状病毒病中垂体卒中可能的病理生理机制。