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46 year old female with visual change.

Pituitary adenoma with hemorrhage

Apoplexy

Craniopharyngioma

Rathke’s Cleft Cyst

Dermoid Cyst

Physiologic change of pregnancy

Lipoma

Ectopic neurohypophyseal tissue.

Occasionally seen at the time of diagnosis

Typically small and subclinical

Possible increased incidence with bromocriptine therapy

Variable pattern on imaging.

Acute clinical event

Active bleeding and/or acute infarction causes sudden enlargement of tumor

Rapid development of visual impairment and endocrine dysfunction

Severe headache

Sheehan Syndrome: postpartum infarction of anterior pituitary gland.