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Abnormal posterior pituitary morphogenesis

MedGen UID:
868799
•Concept ID:
C4023204
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonym: Abnormality of the posterior pituitary
 
HPO: HP:0011751

Definition

An abnormality of the neurohypophysis, which is also known as the posterior lobe of the hypophysis. [from HPO]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Craniofacial morphology, dental occlusion, tooth eruption, and dental maturity in boys of short stature with or without growth hormone deficiency.
Kjellberg H, Beiring M, Albertsson Wikland K
Eur J Oral Sci 2000 Oct;108(5):359-67. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2000.108005359.x. PMID: 11037751

Diagnosis

Acromegaly presenting with myelopathy due to ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament: a case report.
Kamakura D, Fukutake K, Nakamura K, Tsuge S, Hasegawa K, Tochigi N, Wada A, Mikami T, Takahashi H
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2021 Apr 14;22(1):353. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04232-6. PMID: 33853563Free PMC Article
CHARGE syndrome as unusual cause of hypogonadism: endocrine and molecular evaluation.
Foppiani L, Maffè A, Forzano F
Andrologia 2010 Oct;42(5):326-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00994.x. PMID: 20860631

Therapy

CHARGE syndrome as unusual cause of hypogonadism: endocrine and molecular evaluation.
Foppiani L, Maffè A, Forzano F
Andrologia 2010 Oct;42(5):326-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00994.x. PMID: 20860631

Prognosis

Acromegaly presenting with myelopathy due to ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament: a case report.
Kamakura D, Fukutake K, Nakamura K, Tsuge S, Hasegawa K, Tochigi N, Wada A, Mikami T, Takahashi H
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2021 Apr 14;22(1):353. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04232-6. PMID: 33853563Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Requirement of FAT and DCHS protocadherins during hypothalamic-pituitary development.
Lodge EJ, Xekouki P, Silva TS, Kochi C, Longui CA, Faucz FR, Santambrogio A, Mills JL, Pankratz N, Lane J, Sosnowska D, Hodgson T, Patist AL, Francis-West P, Helmbacher F, Stratakis C, Andoniadou CL
JCI Insight 2020 Oct 27;5(23) doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.134310. PMID: 33108146Free PMC Article
Abnormal Paraventricular Nucleus of Hypothalamus and Growth Retardation Associated with Loss of Nuclear Receptor Gene COUP-TFII.
Feng S, Xing C, Shen T, Qiao Y, Wang R, Chen J, Liao J, Lu Z, Yang X, Abd-Allah SM, Li J, Jing N, Tang K
Sci Rep 2017 Jul 13;7(1):5282. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-05682-6. PMID: 28706241Free PMC Article
A heterozygous microdeletion of 20p12.2-3 encompassing PROKR2 and BMP2 in a patient with congenital hypopituitarism and growth hormone deficiency.
Parsons SJH, Wright NB, Burkitt-Wright E, Skae MS, Murray PG
Am J Med Genet A 2017 Aug;173(8):2261-2267. Epub 2017 Jun 6 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38306. PMID: 28586151
Transsphenoidal meningocele: an anatomical study using human fetuses including report of a case.
Katori Y, Kawamoto A, Cho KH, Ishii K, Abe H, Abe S, Rodríguez-Vázquez JF, Murakami G, Kawase T
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2013 Sep;270(10):2729-36. Epub 2013 Feb 14 doi: 10.1007/s00405-013-2392-5. PMID: 23408024
Immunologic localization of alpha- and beta-endorphins and beta-lipotropin in corticotropic cells of the normal and anencephalic fetal pituitaries.
Bégeot M, Dubois MP, Dubois PM
Cell Tissue Res 1978 Oct 30;193(3):413-22. doi: 10.1007/BF00225339. PMID: 215310

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