MRI of the hypophysis in a patient with the 18q- syndrome.
We present a 3.5-year-old girl with proven 18q- syndrome. MRI revealed hypoplasia of the anterior pituitary, marked thinning of the corpus callosum and enlargement of the ventricles.
Bekiesiñska-Figatowska
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M
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Central Railway Hospital, Warsaw, Poland. d.figatowski@apexim.com.pl
Walecki
J
J
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18 / Q000235:genetics*; D003638:Deafness / Q000235:genetics*; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome