The snowman sign in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexy
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.
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center,
2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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