• Rev Med Interne · Dec 2020

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    [Pituitary apoplexy following coronary bypass surgery: A case report and literature review].

    • A Semenov, E Denoix, M Thiebaut, A Michon, and J Pouchot.
    • Service de médecine interne, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France; AP-HP Centre, Université de Paris, Faculté de médecine Paris Descartes, France.
    • Rev Med Interne. 2020 Dec 1; 41 (12): 852-857.

    IntroductionPituitary apoplexy is a >rare entity that presents with a sudden onset of headache associated with visual and endocrinological disturbances due to pituitary hemorrhage or infarction. It usually occurs in patients with an unknown pituitary adenoma. Cardiac surgery, and especially coronary artery bypass grafting, can be a precipitating factor in these patients.Case ReportWe report an 82-year-old male patient who presented with sudden headache and delirium, a right sixth cranial nerve palsy, a right temporal hemianopsia, and a severe loss of left eye visual acuity in the immediate post-operative course of a coronary artery bypass surgery. Pituitary apoplexy was demonstrated on both MRI and CT-scan. Trans-sphenoidal surgical decompression was performed 13 days after coronary artery bypass grafting, with immediate beneficial effect on the delirium and a partial recovery of visual disturbances.ConclusionPituitary apoplexy is a rare and life-threatening complication that may occur after cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypass, cardiac valve surgery), often precipitated by the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. It can occur after other surgical procedures (orthopedic, digestive, thoracic). The diagnosis must be considered during the early postoperative period in the presence of unusual and severe headache associated with visual disturbances.Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.

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