Advance in diagnosis and therapy of pituitary stalk interruption syndrome
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2011.11.022
- VernacularTitle:垂体柄中断综合征诊治进展
- Author:
Yan YANG
;
Qinghua GUO
;
Yiming MU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome;
Gene;
Clinical feature;
Diagnosis;
Therapy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2011;27(11):952-956
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome(PSIS) is a rare disease characterized by different degrees of anterior pituitary hormone deficiency.The typical imaging finding is a thin or absent pituitary stalk,often associated with an ectopic posterior pituitary and a hypoplastic anterior pituitary.The cause is still unkown.Dynamic contrastenhanced MRI helps to confirm the diagnosis.Replacement of multiple anterior pituitary hormones is the key of the treatment.Doctors should have a thorough understanding of the disease and give patients efficacious treatment and a better prognosis would be obtained.
