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Pituitary apoplexy secondary to an underlying abscess
C C Kingdon1, P S Sidhu, J Cohen
1Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, U.K.
The Journal of Infection
|July 1, 1996
Abstract:
An unusual case of pituitary apoplexy in a patient with pituitary abscess is described. The patient was found to have underlying chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and an associated hypogammaglobinaemia is postulated as being the predisposing cause for infection.