Presentation
Headache
Patient Data
Age: 25 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Posterior pituitary bright spot
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Oval-shaped high T1 signal on sagittal image in the posterior aspect of the pituitary fossa.
Case Discussion
The posterior pituitary bright spot is an MRI feature of the normal pituitary gland. It refers to the intrinsically high T1 signal of the posterior pituitary thought to be from the storage of vasopressin, which has a T1-shortening effect.
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