Abstract

Pituitary apoplexy is a life-threatening complication that may result from hemorrhage or infarction of a pituitary adenoma. Neuroimaging may reveal a snowman-like or ‘figure of 8ʹ configuration as a result of bilateral indentation of the tumor by the sellar diaphragm.

Details

Title
The snowman sign in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexy
Author
Bukhari, Khulood 1 ; Sharma, Vandhna 2 ; Gupta, Sonia 3 ; Motazedi, Abbas 4 

 Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 
 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 
 Department of Internal Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA 
 Center of Diabetes, Thyroid, and Endocrinology, Washington, DC, USA 
Pages
416-417
Publication year
2021
Publication date
May 2021
Publisher
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
e-ISSN
20009666
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2524574743
Copyright
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons  Attribution – Non-Commercial License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.