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Journal article
Conservatively managed pineal apoplexy in an anticoagulated patient
- 1. St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine, Luton (United Kingdom)
- 2. William Beaumont Hospital, Department of Radiology, 3600 West Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073 (United States)
- 3. St Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT (United States)
Description
We present a case of pineal apoplexy in an anticoagulated and hypertensive 56-year-old Hispanic male. At presentation, the patient's international normalized ratio (INR) was 10.51 and his blood pressure was 200/130 mmHg. His presenting symptoms included acute onset of headache, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and visual disturbance. Neuroimaging demonstrated hemorrhage into a morphologically normal pineal gland. Under conservative management, the patient experienced gradual resolution of all symptoms excluding the disturbance of upward gaze
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2006.08.003Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.radi.2006.08.003;
- PII
- S1078-8174(06)00099-X;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiography (London 1995)
- Journal Volume
- 14
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 69-72
- ISSN
- 1078-8174
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39089331
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEST; HEMORRHAGE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENTS; PINEAL GLAND; VOMITING
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; GLANDS; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SYMPTOMS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.