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Ectopic anterior pituitary gland

MedGen UID:
868357
•Concept ID:
C4022751
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Congenital Abnormality
HPO: HP:0012731

Definition

Abnormal anatomic location of the anterior pituitary gland. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEctopic anterior pituitary gland

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and Treatment of Parasellar Lesions.
Gatto F, Perez-Rivas LG, Olarescu NC, Khandeva P, Chachlaki K, Trivellin G, Gahete MD, Cuny T; on behalf of the ENEA Young Researchers Committee (EYRC)
Neuroendocrinology 2020;110(9-10):728-739. Epub 2020 Mar 4 doi: 10.1159/000506905. PMID: 32126547
Intracranial lesions with high signal intensity on T1-weighted MR images: differential diagnosis.
Ginat DT, Meyers SP
Radiographics 2012 Mar-Apr;32(2):499-516. doi: 10.1148/rg.322105761. PMID: 22411945
Surgical management of Cushing's syndrome.
Bloom LS, Libertino JA
Urol Clin North Am 1989 Aug;16(3):547-65. PMID: 2665280

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