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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Risk Factors, Radiological and Clinical Outcomes in Subclinical and Clinical Pituitary Apoplexy.

Betina Biagetti, Silvana Sarria-Estrada, Esteban Cordero Asanza, Anas Chaachou-Charradi, Yiken Karelys Ng-Wong, Marta Cicuendez, Irene Hernandez, Alba Rojano-Toimil, Pilar Costa, Elena Martinez-Saez and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Betina BiagettiEndocrinology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8837-4343
Silvana Sarria-EstradaNeuroradiology Section, Radiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Esteban Cordero AsanzaNeurosurgery and Neurotraumatology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Anas Chaachou-CharradiPathology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9085-5314
Yiken Karelys Ng-WongNeuroradiology Section, Radiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8740-3694
Marta CicuendezNeurosurgery and Neurotraumatology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2603-9072
Irene HernandezEndocrinology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Alba Rojano-ToimilEndocrinology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Pilar CostaEndocrinology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Elena Martinez-SaezNeuroradiology Section, Radiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Anna CasteràsEndocrinology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Rafael SimòEndocrinology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0475-3096
Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari · ESUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPituitary apoplexy (PA) can be symptomatic, namely acute apoplexy (APA), or asymptomatic or subclinical (SPA).

objectiveTo describe the clinical characteristics and evolution of the patients with APA compared to SPA Patients and methods: Retrospective, longitudinal database analysis.

resultsWe identified 58 patients with PA, and 37 accomplished the inclusion criteria (17 men, median age 47.7 years). A total of 29 (78.4%) had APA (17 underwent surgery, and 12 were conservatively managed), and 8 (21.6%) had SPA. The presence of non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA) odds ratio (OR): 29.36 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.86-462.36) and the largest size OR 1.10 (95% CI: 1.01-1.2) elevated the risk of having surgery. Hypopituitarism developed in 35.1% without significant differences between APA and SPA. In non-surgical patients, adenoma volume shrunk spontaneously at one year magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), without statistical differences between the conservatively treated and SPA group.

conclusionsAPA is more frequent in larger NFPAs, and this subset of patients has a higher risk of surgery. Hypopituitarism is quite frequent even in patients with SPA, and, therefore, long-term follow-up is mandatory. In the non-surgical group, the pituitary tumour shrinkage is clinically relevant after one year of PA. Consequently, surgery indication in NFPA should be delayed and reassessed if patients remain asymptomatic.

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emergencyhemorrhagenecrosisneurosurgerypituitary adenomapituitary apoplexysubclinical apoplexy

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PMCPMC9786023
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