Items tagged “pituitary”
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Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma
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12 Jan 2010
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Callosal dysgenesis and ectopic posterior pituitary
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26 Jan 2010
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Pituitary apoplexy
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07 Feb 2010
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Lymphocytic hypophysitis
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09 Mar 2010
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Pituitary adenoma - null cell
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13 Mar 2010
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Rathke cleft cyst
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14 Mar 2010
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Normal pituitary enhancement
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15 Mar 2010
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Rathke cleft cyst
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18 Mar 2010
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Normal midline brain (MRI)
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29 May 2010
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Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma
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25 Aug 2010
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Ectopic posterior pituitary
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18 Sep 2010
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Granular cell tumor of the pituitary region
Granular cell tumors of the pituitary region, also known as pituitary choristomas, are rare low-grade tumors of the posterior pituitary and infundibulum.
Terminology
Care must be taken when reading older literature as granular cell tumors of the pituitary region, and alternative names includi...
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Hemorrhagic pituitary macroadenoma
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16 Jan 2011
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Pituitary tumors
Pituitary tumors, in other words, tumors which arise from the pituitary gland itself, include:
pituitary adenoma
pituitary microadenoma
pituitary macroadenoma
pituitary carcinoma
pituicytoma
pituitary metastases
spindle cell oncocytoma (rare)
pituitary blastoma 2
Often the term is used ...
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Sheehan syndrome
Sheehan syndrome is a rare cause of pituitary apoplexy and hypopituitarism. It only occurs in postpartum females who experience large volume hemorrhage and hypovolemic shock, either during delivery or afterward with resultant necrosis of anterior pituitary cells 4.
Epidemiology
Advances in obs...
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Papillary craniopharyngioma
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20 Feb 2012
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Papillary craniopharyngioma
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22 Feb 2012
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Ectopic posterior pituitary
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22 Feb 2012
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Lymphocytic hypophysitis
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16 Mar 2012
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Pituitary region mass with intrinsic high T1 signal
Pituitary region masses with intrinsic high T1 signal, also referred to as suprasellar hotspots, are relatively frequently encountered, and the presence of high T1 signal narrows the differential somewhat.
Differential diagnosis
The differential can be divided by the substance causing the T1 ...