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Health Encyclopedia: Pituitary Infarction
Pituitary apoplexy
Symptoms
Symptoms usually include severe headache, ophthalmoplegia (paralysis of the eye muscles causing double vision), and symptoms of acute adrenal insufficiency (low blood pressure, nausea, and vomiting).
Less commonly, pituitary dysfunction may appear more slowly. In Sheehan syndrome, for example, the first symptom may be a failure to produce milk caused by a lack of the hormone prolactin.
Over time, problems with other pituitary...
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