Keep an Eye on the Eye of your Patient: An Update on the Management of
Post-CABG Pituitary Apoplexy
Abstract
Pituitary apoplexy is a rare, potentially life-threatening
complication which has been described after both on and off-pump CABG.
However, never before has pituitary adenoma recurrence after prior
resection and subsequent apoplexy leading to severe ophthalmoplegia
following on-pump CABG been described. We present the case of a patient
who previously underwent transsphenoidal resection of a pituitary
adenoma who experienced oculomotor nerve palsy following on-pump CABG
and was ultimately found to have a recurrent pituitary adenoma and
apoplexy.