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*Worldwide, the [[prevalence]] of pituitary apoplexy is 6.2 per 100,000 persons. <ref name="pmid19650784">{{cite journal| author=Fernandez A, Karavitaki N, Wass JA| title=Prevalence of pituitary adenomas: a community-based, cross-sectional study in Banbury (Oxfordshire, UK). | journal=Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) | year= 2010 | volume= 72 | issue= 3 | pages= 377-82 | pmid=19650784 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03667.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19650784 }} </ref> | *Worldwide, the [[prevalence]] of pituitary apoplexy is 6.2 per 100,000 persons.<ref name="pmid19650784">{{cite journal| author=Fernandez A, Karavitaki N, Wass JA| title=Prevalence of pituitary adenomas: a community-based, cross-sectional study in Banbury (Oxfordshire, UK). | journal=Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) | year= 2010 | volume= 72 | issue= 3 | pages= 377-82 | pmid=19650784 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03667.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19650784 }} </ref> | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
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*Pituitary apoplexy is commonly seen with a mean age of 57 years. | *Pituitary apoplexy is commonly seen in adults with a mean age of 57 years. | ||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
*Males are more commonly affected with pituitary apoplexy than females. Two thirds of all | *Males are more commonly affected with pituitary apoplexy than females. Two-thirds of all patients are male. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akshun Kalia M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
The worldwide prevalence of pituitary apoplexy is 6.2 per 100,000 persons. The incidence of pituitary apoplexy is 0.7 per 100,000 persons.[1]
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
- Worldwide, the prevalence of pituitary apoplexy is 6.2 per 100,000 persons.[1]
Incidence
Age
- Pituitary apoplexy is commonly seen in adults with a mean age of 57 years.
Gender
- Males are more commonly affected with pituitary apoplexy than females. Two-thirds of all patients are male.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fernandez A, Karavitaki N, Wass JA (2010). "Prevalence of pituitary adenomas: a community-based, cross-sectional study in Banbury (Oxfordshire, UK)". Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 72 (3): 377–82. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03667.x. PMID 19650784.
- ↑ Raappana A, Koivukangas J, Ebeling T, Pirilä T (2010). "Incidence of pituitary adenomas in Northern Finland in 1992-2007". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 95 (9): 4268–75. doi:10.1210/jc.2010-0537. PMID 20534753.