ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Diversity of Pathological Conditions Affecting Pituitary Stalk.
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- Postoperative Pituitary MRI Findings in Acromegaly: A Pictorial Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: imaging features, clinical relevance, and a proposal for standardized MRI reporting.Neuroradiology · 2026Review
- Posterior Pituitary and Hypothalamic Neuronal Tumors in the 5th WHO Classification: Molecular Insights, Diagnostic Markers, and Clinical Management.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Pituitary Stalk Lesion Sampling by Transsphenoidal Posterior Lobe Biopsy: A Case Series.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2026Article
- Comparison of clinical characteristics of a pediatric cohort with combined pituitary hormone deficiency caused by mutation of the PROP1 gene or of other origins.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2024Article
- Death receptor 3 is involved in preeclampsia through regulating placental trophoblast cell physiology by inactivating the PI3K/AKT pathway.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2023Article
- Incidence and Predictors for Oncologic Etiologies in Chinese Children with Pituitary Stalk Thickening.Cancers · 2023Article
- Craniopharyngioma involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa in adults: A case report.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Pathological brain lesions in girls with central precocious puberty at initial diagnosis in Southern Vietnam.Annals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism · 2022Article
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Abstract
Pituitary stalk lesions (PSL) are a very rare pathology. The majority of conditions affecting the infundibulum do not present with clinically apparent symptoms, what makes the diagnosis difficult. The recognition might be also complicated by the non-specific and transient characteristics of hormonal insufficiencies. In our study, we retrospectively analysed demographic, biochemical, and clinical long-term data of 60 consecutive, unselected adult patients (34 women and 26 men) with PSL diagnosed in the Department of Endocrinology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow. The diagnosis of PSL were categorized as confirmed, probable, or undetermined in 26, 26 and 8 patients, accordingly. Given the possible aetiology congenital, inflammatory, and neoplastic stalk lesions were diagnosed in 17, 15 and 20 patients, accordingly. In eight cases the underlying pathology remained undetermined. The most common pituitary abnormality was gonadal insufficiency diagnosed in 50.8% of cases. Diabetes insipidus was detected in 23.3% of cases. In 5% of patients the pituitary function recovered partially over time. Stalk lesions were extensively discussed in the context of the current literature. Based on the published data and our own experience a diagnostic algorithm has been proposed to help physicians with the management of patients with this challenging condition.
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