Claudia da Costa Leite, Maria Teresa Carvalho de Lacerda, Maria Olívia Rodrigues da Costa, Edson Amaro Júnior, Alessandra Sato, Vanessa Quintas Passos, Maria Adelaide Albergaria Pereira, Luciani Renata Silveira de Carvalho
Radiol Bras 2001;34(3):171-173 - CASE REPORTS
The authors report a case of a female patient with chronological age of 7 years and bone age of 11 years, presenting with bilateral breast stage Tanner III and gonadotrophin-dependent precocious puberty. Magnetic resonance imaging of the sellar region demonstrated duplication of the pituitary gland and stalk associated with a hypothalamic hamartoma.
Keywords: Magnetic resonance imaging. Pituitary gland. Duplication. Congenital malformation.
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