Meanings of pituitary stalk in English

There was a clear plane between the tumor and pituitary stalk.

They presented with signs and symptoms secondary to pituitary stalk compression.

Pediatric patients with LCH and isolated pituitary stalk involvement typically present with central diabetes insipidus.

Smaller nodular lesions were also found at the pituitary stalk and bilateral internal acoustic canal (IAC).

In our series, BRAF V600E mutations are rare in pediatric patients with LCH and isolated pituitary stalk involvement.

These neurons send heavily labeled projections that pass through the pituitary stalk and innervate the neurointermediate and anterior lobes.

Objective: We reviewed 17 pediatric craniopharyngioma patients, with a special focus on endocrinological outcomes and tumor recurrence with pituitary stalk preservation.

Brain MRI objectified pathological process to the sellar region with heterogeneous tissue signal intensity extending to the pituitary stalk with thickening in the latter.

The origin of tumor, whether the superior surface of the gland or the pituitary stalk, determined the location, extent, and relationship with the diaphragma sellae.

Only one out of the 8 patients with isolated thickened pituitary stalk was found to have a detectable BRAF V600E mutation.

Electrical stimulation of the pituitary stalk (3-15 Hz, in the presence of GBR 12921) caused a frequency-dependent release of dopamine.

Design and patients: Clinical data of 58 patients with PSIS and 46 patients with GH deficiency but a normal pituitary stalk (NPS) were retrospectively analysed.

Objectives: Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) is rare and its clinical features and pathogenesis are poorly understood.

Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) is a rare congenital defect manifesting as various degrees of anterior pituitary hormone deficiency.