Elster's rule (pituitary gland)
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Elster's rule provides a guide as to the approximate pituitary gland's height in relation to age 1. The rule follows an even-numbered pattern of 6, 8, 10, and 12 1:
- 6 mm pituitary gland height in infants and children
- 8 mm pituitary gland height in men and postmenopausal women
- 10 mm pituitary gland height in women of childbearing age
- 12 mm pituitary gland heightin women in late pregnancy or in postpartum women
Some studies of pituitary height on MRIs in various healthy populations have had various results not necessarily in agreement with this rule 2,3.
-<li>12 mm pituitary gland height in women in late pregnancy or in postpartum women</li>-</ul>- +<li>12 mm pituitary gland height in women in late pregnancy or in postpartum women</li>
- +</ul><p>Some studies of pituitary height on MRIs in various healthy populations have had various results not necessarily in agreement with this rule <sup>2,3</sup>.</p>
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- 2. Tsunoda A, Okuda O, Sato K. MR height of the pituitary gland as a function of age and sex: especially physiological hypertrophy in adolescence and in climacterium. (1997) AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology. 18 (3): 551-4. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9090422">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
- 3. Pratiksha Yadav, Shubham Singhal, Surbhi Chauhan, Saumya Harit, .MRI Evaluation of size and shape of normal pituitary gland: age and sex related changes.Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research [serial online] 2017 Dec [cited:2019 Sep 25] 12 TC01 - TC04 Available from https://jcdr.net/article_fulltext.asp?issn=0973-709x&year=2017&volume=11&issue=12&page=TC01&issn=0973-709x&id=10933 [on Sep 25 2019 ]
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