RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Asymptomatic Interhypothalamic Adhesions in Children
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 726
OP 729
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A4602
VO 37
IS 4
A1 Ahmed, F.N.
A1 Stence, N.V.
A1 Mirsky, D.M.
YR 2016
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/37/4/726.abstract
AB SUMMARY: With the use of high-resolution MR imaging techniques, we have increasingly observed anomalies of the hypothalamus characterized by a band of tissue spanning the third ventricle between the hypothalami, often without associated clinical sequelae. Historically, hypothalamic anomalies are highly associated with symptoms referable to a hypothalamic hamartoma, midline congenital disorder, hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction, or seizures, with very few asymptomatic patients reported. The interhypothalamic tissue described in our cohort was observed incidentally through the routine acquisition of high-resolution T1WI. No referable symptoms were identified in most of the study group. In the appropriate patient population in which associated symptoms are absent, the described hypothalamic anomalies may be incidental and should not be misdiagnosed as hypothalamic hamartomas.GMHgray matter heterotopiaIHAinterhypothalamic adhesion