A Case of Apoplexy of Rathke’s Cleft Cyst Followed by Cerebral Infarction

Table 2

Reported cases of cerebral ischemia following pituitary apoplexy.

Author and year	Age, sex	Territory of infarction	Angiographical findings	Symptom	Days after onset	Mechanism	Pathology
Rosenbaum et al., 1977 [25]	77, M	Right MCA	Right ICA occlusion, left ICA stenosis	Left hemiparesis	0	c	PA
Cardoso and Peterson, 1983 [19]	34, F	Diffuse	Bil. ICA, ACA, MCA stenosis	Reduced consciousness	21	v	PA
	38, M	NA	Bil. ICA, BA stenosis	Lethargic	0	v	PA
Bernstein et al., 1984 [8]	48, M	NA	Bil. ICA stenosis	Reduced consciousness, hemiparesis	0	c	PA
Clark et al., 1987 [26]	40, M	Left ACA	Right ICA stenosis, left ICA occlusion	Dysphasia, right hemianopia, right hemiparesis	0	c	PT
Pozzati et al., 1987 [21]	15, M	Right MCA	Bil. ICA stenosis	Reduced consciousness	0	v	PT
Itoyama et al., 1990 [27]	45, M	NA	Left ICA, MCA stenosis	Reduced consciousness, right hemiparesis	14	v	PA
Yaghmai et al., 1996 [28]	47, M	None	Right ICA occlusion	Right blindness	1	c	PA
Lath and Rajshekhar, 2001 [12]	40, M	Right ICA	Right ICA occlusion	Left hemiparesis	1	c	PA
Rodier et al., 2003 [29]	35, M	Right ICA,; ACA	Bil. ACA, right MCA stenosis	Reduced consciousness, left hemiparesis	2	c and v	PA
Akutsu et al., 2004 [30]	29, M	Left MCA	Left ACA stenosis	Reduced consciousness, right hemiparesis	5	v	PA
Byung et al., 2007 [10]	41, M	Left MCA	NA	Right hemiparesis, dysarthria	7	v	PA
Dogan et al., 2008 [31]	50, M	Left ICA	Left ICA occlusion	Reduced consciousness	0	c	PA
Das et al., 2008 [32]	46, M	Left MCA	Left ICA stenosis	Right hemiparesis	0	c	PA
Ahmed and Semple, 2008 [33]	51, M	Bil. ACA	NA	Left hemiparesis	0	c	PA
	31, F	Bil. ACA	NA	Bil. blindness, reduced consciousness	14	v	PA
Yang et al., 2008 [34]	43, M	Right ICA	Right ICA stenosis	Left hemiparesis	0	c	PA
López Hernández, 2008 [35]	23, M	—	—	—	—	—	PT
Lill et al., 2009 [13]	59, M	Bil. ICA	Bil. ICA occlusion	Left hemiparesis, reduced consciousness	0	c	PA
Chokyu et al., 2011 [36]	50, M	Right MCA	Right ICA occlusion	Left hemiparesis	0	c	PA
Present case	67, F	Right MCA	Right MCA stenosis	Reduced consciousness, left hemiparesis	13	v	RCC

ACA, anterior cerebral artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; ICA, internal carotid artery; c, compression; v, vasospasm; PA, pituitary adenoma; PT, pituitary tumor.