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2020


Surg Neurol Int


11

Pituitary macroadenoma apoplexy in a severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2-positive testing: Causal or casual?

Authors

Solorio-Pineda S, Almendárez-Sánchez C A, Tafur-Grandett A A, Ramos-Martínez G A, Huato-Reyes R, Ruiz-Flores M I, Sosa-Najera A
Surg Neurol Int. 2020; 11:304.
PMID: 33093981.

Abstract

In December 2019, in Wuhan, a new virus emerged, causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) secondary to infection by a type of coronavirus, causing coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus has had implications in the central nervous system. COVID-19 is known to be characterized by coagulation activation and endothelial dysfunction, causing ischemic and hemorrhagic vascular syndromes.