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F Conreux1, J C Granry, N Poirier

  • 1Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, CHU, Angers, France.

Case report of a 25-year-old primigravida who sustained a necrosis of the anterior pituitary gland after a haemorrhagic Caesarean section. The diagnosis was delayed, as the early symptoms (apathy, anorexia, nausea, orthostatic hypotension and hypoglycaemia) were imputed to more usual causes.

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