The Dark Pituitary: Hemochromatosis as a Lesser-Known Cause of Pituitary Dysfunction
Teaching Point: Iron deposition in the pituitary gland in patients with primary and secondary hemochromatosis is a lesser-known cause of pituitary dysfunction and results in T2- and T2*-signal loss on MRI, other brain structures, in which iron deposition can be seen, are the choroid plexus and spora...
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| author | Bert Verberckmoes Sven Dekeyzer Karen Decaestecker |
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| description | Teaching Point: Iron deposition in the pituitary gland in patients with primary and secondary hemochromatosis is a lesser-known cause of pituitary dysfunction and results in T2- and T2*-signal loss on MRI, other brain structures, in which iron deposition can be seen, are the choroid plexus and sporadically the circumventricular organs (e.g., the pineal gland). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06e16be07c0d48b5bdf0afaba32333a42022-12-22T00:54:51ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812022-06-01106110.5334/jbsr.27711499The Dark Pituitary: Hemochromatosis as a Lesser-Known Cause of Pituitary DysfunctionBert Verberckmoes0Sven Dekeyzer1Karen Decaestecker2University Hospital GhentUniversity Hospital GhentUniversity Hospital GhentTeaching Point: Iron deposition in the pituitary gland in patients with primary and secondary hemochromatosis is a lesser-known cause of pituitary dysfunction and results in T2- and T2*-signal loss on MRI, other brain structures, in which iron deposition can be seen, are the choroid plexus and sporadically the circumventricular organs (e.g., the pineal gland).https://www.jbsr.be/articles/2771magnetic resonance imaginghemochromatosishypogonadotropic hypogonadismpituitaryiron deposition |
| spellingShingle | Bert Verberckmoes Sven Dekeyzer Karen Decaestecker The Dark Pituitary: Hemochromatosis as a Lesser-Known Cause of Pituitary Dysfunction Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology magnetic resonance imaging hemochromatosis hypogonadotropic hypogonadism pituitary iron deposition |
| title | The Dark Pituitary: Hemochromatosis as a Lesser-Known Cause of Pituitary Dysfunction |
| title_full | The Dark Pituitary: Hemochromatosis as a Lesser-Known Cause of Pituitary Dysfunction |
| title_fullStr | The Dark Pituitary: Hemochromatosis as a Lesser-Known Cause of Pituitary Dysfunction |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Dark Pituitary: Hemochromatosis as a Lesser-Known Cause of Pituitary Dysfunction |
| title_short | The Dark Pituitary: Hemochromatosis as a Lesser-Known Cause of Pituitary Dysfunction |
| title_sort | dark pituitary hemochromatosis as a lesser known cause of pituitary dysfunction |
| topic | magnetic resonance imaging hemochromatosis hypogonadotropic hypogonadism pituitary iron deposition |
| url | https://www.jbsr.be/articles/2771 |
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