Duplication of the pituitary gland and spinal cord.
Multiple malformations, including duplication of the pituitary gland, stalk, and infundibulum, and complex duplication of the spinal cord were observed in a female infant. The problems of classification of the spinal cord duplications are discussed, and the role of the notochord in the formation of double organs is proposed.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000473:pathology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009626:Terminology as Topic