title: Pareidolia in Neuroendocrinology: A Pituitary Macroadenoma Resembling "Big Bird".
abstract: The MRI picture of a pituitary macroadenoma with supra- and perisellar expansion resembled a famous character from a children's television series demonstrating that pareidolia is also observed in neuro-endocrinology and -radiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Sector of Endocrinology, Erasmus MC, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wouter W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: de Herder
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009452:Neuroendocrinology; D010465:Perception; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*