Selective necrosis of the posterior pituitary gland--case report.
A 78-year-old man had extensive necrosis of the posterior lobe of the pituitary at autopsy. The anterior lobe was normal. This pattern of damage to the posterior lobe has not been described to date.
Mooney
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Department of Histopathology, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Toner
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Farrell
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000473:pathology*