Duplication of the pituitary stalk in a patient with a heterozygous deletion of chromosome 14 harboring the thyroid transcription factor-1 gene

S Accornero; C Danesino; S Bastianello; I D'Errico; A Guala; L Chiovato

doi:10.1210/jc.2010-0621

Duplication of the pituitary stalk in a patient with a heterozygous deletion of chromosome 14 harboring the thyroid transcription factor-1 gene

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Aug;95(8):3595-6. doi: 10.1210/jc.2010-0621.

Authors

S Accornero¹, C Danesino, S Bastianello, I D'Errico, A Guala, L Chiovato

Affiliation

¹ Unit of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, University of Pavia, Via Maugeri 10, 27100 Pavia, Italy.

PMID: 20685887
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0621

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging of the hypothalamic-pituitary region revealed a duplication of the pituitary stalk in a patient with a heterozygous deletion of chromosome 14 harboring the thyroid transcription factor-1 gene.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Chromosome Deletion*
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14 / genetics*
Female
Heterozygote
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Nuclear Proteins / genetics*
Pituitary Gland / abnormalities*
Thyroid Nuclear Factor 1
Transcription Factors / genetics*

Substances

NKX2-1 protein, human
Nuclear Proteins
Thyroid Nuclear Factor 1
Transcription Factors