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Emerg Med J 2007;24:308 doi:10.1136/emj.2006.036616
  • Emergency casebook

Pituitary apoplexy can mimic subarachnoid haemorrhage clinically and radiologically

  1. I G Sergides1,
  2. P S Minhas2,
  3. N Anotun2,
  4. J D Pickard2
  1. 1King’s College Hospital, London, UK
  2. 2Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 I Sergides
 King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK; ysergides{at}hotmail.com
  • Accepted 3 April 2006

A 74-year-old man presented with a sudden onset headache, collapse, neck stiffness and photophobia. Extensive subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) with hydrocephalus was diagnosed on computed tomography. Negative cerebral artery angiography was carried out two times before he …

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