Association of ectopic posterior pituitary and anterior pituitary hypoplasia with absence of the left internal carotid

J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 1996 Sep-Oct;9(5):539-42. doi: 10.1515/jpem.1996.9.5.539.

Abstract

A boy with congenital hypopituitarism, severe anterior pituitary hypoplasia, and ectopic posterior pituitary was found to have congenital absence of the left internal carotid artery. A possible developmental relationship between hypopituitarism and absent internal carotid is suggested.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carotid Arteries / abnormalities*
  • Choristoma*
  • Humans
  • Hypopituitarism / congenital*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pituitary Gland, Anterior / pathology*
  • Pituitary Gland, Posterior*
  • Sella Turcica / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed