Pituitary Apoplexy

Emergency management of pituitary haemorrhage/infarction.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MSt MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

EndocrinologyNeurosurgeryEmergency Medicine

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Clinical Guidelines

Society for Endocrinology Endocrine Emergency Guidance: Emergency management of pituitary apoplexy in adult patients

Society for Endocrinology Endocrine Emergency Guidance: Emergency management of pituitary apoplexy in adult patients

Society for Endocrinology Endocrine Emergency Guidance: Emergency management of pituitary apoplexy in adult patients

UK guidelines for the management of pituitary apoplexy

Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of pituitary apoplexy (SEEN Working Group of Neuroendocrinology)

ESE Clinical Practice Guideline on functioning and nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas in pregnancy

Pituitary incidentaloma: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

Society for Endocrinology Endocrine Emergency Guidance: Emergency management of pituitary apoplexy in adult patients

Society for Endocrinology UK Guidelines for the Management of Pituitary Apoplexy