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Ectopic Neurohypophysis: Report of Two Cases

Neslihan Başcıl Tütüncü 1 , Nilgün Güvener Demirağ 1 , Tomris Erbaş 2 , Olcay Gedik 3
1.

Başkent University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Ankara, Turkey

2.

Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Departtment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara, Turkey

3.

Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara, Turkey

Endocrinol Res Pract 2001; 5: -
Keywords : Hypopituitarism, MRI, Ectopic neurohypophysis, Growth hormone
Read: 1427 Published: 24 March 2022
Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2001
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ABSTRACT
A 24-year-old boy and a 19-year-old girl were referred to our clinic with idiopathic short stature and multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies. Case 1 presented with short stature, hypogonadism and hypocortisolism while the second case had hypothyroidism in addition to hypogonadism and hypocortisolism. Imaging studies with magnetic resonance (MRI) revealed transection of the pituitary stalk, a hypoplastic pituitary gland, and an ectopic neurohypophysis located at the proximal stump of the transected stalk in both cases. Evaluation of the morphology and the height of the pituitary gland by MRI of those cases with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency is an essential tool for the diagnosis of ectopic neurohypophysis.
 
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