Abstract
A 13 year 2 month old girl was referred with panhypopituitarism without diabetes insipidus. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated transection of the pituitary stalk, a hypoplastic pituitary gland, and the presence of an ectopic neurohypophysis located at the proximal stump of the transected stalk.
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- MRI:
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magnetic resonance imaging
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Christophe, C., Van Vliet, G., Dooms, G. et al. Panhypopituitarism without diabetes insipidus: Magnetic resonance imaging of pituitary stalk transection. Eur J Pediatr 149, 235–236 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02106279
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02106279