Pituitary stalk abnormal enhancement (differential)

A rare case
of pituicytoma-related hypercortisolism in a patient with Cushing syndrome—case report. MRI T1-weighted coronal view same non-enhancing 0.46 × 0.33 cm pituitary lesion

Isolated
Langerhans cell histiocytosis in the hypothalamic-pituitary region: a case report. a Coronal and b sagittal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (T1-weighted with gadolinium enhancement) demonstrating an enlarged pituitary stalk and the neurohypophysis hypersignal deficiency. c Coronal and d sagittal T1WI showing the pituitary stalk is a nodular thickening with both size and shape have been changed after the patient discontinued the treatment for 1 month. e Coronal and f sagittal T1WI showing the nodular-thickening pituitary stalk is continuous enlarging after the patient continued the oral drugs for 2 months

Magnetic
resonance imaging of sellar and juxtasellar abnormalities in the paediatric population: an imaging review. Lymphocytic hypophysitis in a 16-year-old boy who presented with frequent urination, which started when he was 9. Coronal T1WI (a) shows thickening of the pituitary stalk which has intermdiate signal. Post-contrast axial (b) and sagittal (c) T1WI shows thickening of the pituitary stalk with homogeneous enhancement

Erdheim-Chester
disease. Coronal MR image after gadolinium administration. A diffuse enhancing pituitary stalk mass.
Abnormal nodular enhancement of the pituitary stalk can be seen in a number of entities.
Differential diagnosis
- tumors
- germinoma
- craniopharyngioma
- hypothalamic glioma
- pituitary lymphoma
- pituicytoma
- granular cell tumor of the pituitary (pituitary choristoma)
- pilocytic astrocytoma of the neurohypophysis (infundibuloma)
- pituitary metastases
- infection
- CNS tuberculosis
- sequelae of meningitis
- cellular infiltrates
Siehe auch:
- Neurosarkoidose
- Meningitis
- Tuberkulose des ZNS
- Germinom
- Histiozytose X
- ZNS Lymphom
- Hypophysenstiel
- Opticusgliom
- Autoimmunhypophysitis
- pituitary metastasis
- skeletale Manifestationen der Langerhanszell-Histiozytose
- granular cell tumour of the pituitary
- intracerebral Langerhans cell histiocytosis
- Pituizytom
- fehlende Neurohypophyse
und weiter:
- Tumoren der Hypophysenregion
- Hypophyse
- Pituitary MRI (an approach)
- metastases to the pituitary gland
- pituitary MRI - an approach
- zystische Läsionen in der Hypophyse
- solid and enhancing pituitary region mass
- mostly / purely cystic pituitary region masses
- mixed cystic and solid pituitary region mass
- purely intrasellar pituitary mass
- zystische Läsionen der Sellaregion


skeletale
Manifestationen der Langerhanszell-Histiozytose