TY - JOUR
T1 - Pituitary ischemic apoplexy in a young woman using oral contraceptives
T2 - A case report
AU - Kobayashi, Junpei
AU - Miyashita, Kotaro
AU - Tamanaha, Tamiko
AU - Kebayashi, Norikata
AU - Iihara, Koji
AU - Nagatsuka, Kazuyuki
PY - 2013/11/1
Y1 - 2013/11/1
N2 - Estrogen is suggested to be one of the plausible risk factors for pituitary hemorrhagic apoplexy through pituitary hyperemia. We experienced a 33-year-old woman with pituitary ischemic apoplexy of a nonfunctional macroadenoma under oral contraceptive use. Our case indicates that hypercoagulable state, but not hyperemia, associated with estrogen may promote pituitary ischemic apoplexy.
AB - Estrogen is suggested to be one of the plausible risk factors for pituitary hemorrhagic apoplexy through pituitary hyperemia. We experienced a 33-year-old woman with pituitary ischemic apoplexy of a nonfunctional macroadenoma under oral contraceptive use. Our case indicates that hypercoagulable state, but not hyperemia, associated with estrogen may promote pituitary ischemic apoplexy.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.03.030
DO - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.03.030
M3 - Article
C2 - 23635921
AN - SCOPUS:84889013612
SN - 1052-3057
VL - 22
SP - e643-e644
JO - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
JF - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
IS - 8
ER -