Persisting intrapituitary recessus infundibuli.
X-ray examination of the intracranial ventricles with Dimer X made it possible to make the diagnosis of obstructive hydrocephalus due to a mass lesion of the midbrain and abnormal intrasellar recess of the third ventricle in a 34 year old female patient. Considering the location and ontogenetic and phylogenetic facts one can diagnose the second pathological finding as a persisting intrapituitary recessus infundibuli. A malformation due to inhibition during development is to be assumed.
D000328:Adult; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray