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Pituitary apoplexy precipitated by systemic chemotherapy (coronal T2-weighted MRI)

MRI in a 31-year-old man with pituitary apoplexy precipitated by systemic chemotherapy shows a 2.0×2.8×2.1 cm sellar and suprasellar mass with upward displacement of the optic chiasm (white arrow) and internal blood products. (Source: Hamrick FA, Findlay MC, Rennert RC, Budohoski KP, Couldwell WT. Pituitary apoplexy precipitated by systemic chemotherapy. Cureus 2022;14[3]:e23004. Creative Commons Attribution License [CC-BY 4.0].)

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