Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: Case report of three cases with review of literature

Pickardt syndrome (Pickardt-Fahlbusch syndrome) is a rare congenital syndrome characterized by tertiary hypothyroidism caused by the interruption of the portal veins between hypothalamus and adenohypophysis. Typical features of this syndrome are tertiary hypothyroidism with low thyroid stimulating h...

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Main Authors:	Gutch, Manish, Kumar, Sukriti, Razi, Syed Mohd, Saran, Sanjay, Gupta, Keshav Kumar
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Language:	English
Published:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4166852/

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spelling	pubmed-41668522014-09-23 Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: Case report of three cases with review of literature Gutch, Manish Kumar, Sukriti Razi, Syed Mohd Saran, Sanjay Gupta, Keshav Kumar Case Report Pickardt syndrome (Pickardt-Fahlbusch syndrome) is a rare congenital syndrome characterized by tertiary hypothyroidism caused by the interruption of the portal veins between hypothalamus and adenohypophysis. Typical features of this syndrome are tertiary hypothyroidism with low thyroid stimulating hormone, hyperprolactinemia and other pituitary hormone deficiencies. Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome is characterized by a triad of thin or interrupted pituitary stalk, aplasia or hypoplasia of the anterior pituitary and absent or ectopic posterior pituitary (EPP) seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is a congenital anomaly of pituitary whose exact prevalence is unknown. In some cases, it is restricted to EPP or pituitary stalk interruption. We are presenting the case history along with MRI finding of three children's who presented with short stature and delayed puberty. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4166852/ /pubmed/25250085 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.139363 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Gutch, Manish Kumar, Sukriti Razi, Syed Mohd Saran, Sanjay Gupta, Keshav Kumar
spellingShingle	Gutch, Manish Kumar, Sukriti Razi, Syed Mohd Saran, Sanjay Gupta, Keshav Kumar Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: Case report of three cases with review of literature
author_facet	Gutch, Manish Kumar, Sukriti Razi, Syed Mohd Saran, Sanjay Gupta, Keshav Kumar
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title	Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: Case report of three cases with review of literature
title_short	Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: Case report of three cases with review of literature
title_full	Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: Case report of three cases with review of literature
title_fullStr	Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: Case report of three cases with review of literature
title_full_unstemmed	Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: Case report of three cases with review of literature
title_sort	pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: case report of three cases with review of literature
description	Pickardt syndrome (Pickardt-Fahlbusch syndrome) is a rare congenital syndrome characterized by tertiary hypothyroidism caused by the interruption of the portal veins between hypothalamus and adenohypophysis. Typical features of this syndrome are tertiary hypothyroidism with low thyroid stimulating hormone, hyperprolactinemia and other pituitary hormone deficiencies. Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome is characterized by a triad of thin or interrupted pituitary stalk, aplasia or hypoplasia of the anterior pituitary and absent or ectopic posterior pituitary (EPP) seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is a congenital anomaly of pituitary whose exact prevalence is unknown. In some cases, it is restricted to EPP or pituitary stalk interruption. We are presenting the case history along with MRI finding of three children's who presented with short stature and delayed puberty.
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Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: Case report of three cases with review of literature

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