RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Rare Expression of Neural Crest Disorders: An Intrasphenoidal Development of the Anterior Pituitary Gland
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 285
OP 288
VO 25
IS 2
A1 Kathlyn Marsot-Dupuch
A1 Wendy R. K. Smoker
A1 Walter Grauer
YR 2004
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/2/285.abstract
AB Summary: Congenital abnormalities of the pituitary gland are rare and may be associated with midline cranial, orbital, and facial anomalies and with hormonal insufficiency. Here we report a case of asymptomatic, abnormal migration of the adenohypophysis. The normally developed adenohypophysis was located in the sphenoid bone and developed on the intersphenoidal septum, extending from the superior pharyngeal wall to the floor of the sella turcica (craniopharyngeal canal). The abnormal migration of the pituitary gland was isolated without hormonal deficit, brain, or facial developmental anomalies.