Our patient's MRI showed congenital absence of the pituitary gland, with neurohypophysis and
adenohypophysis.
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The peculiar vascularization of the
adenohypophysis, supplied by a portal rather than an arterial circle, allows dynamic MR imaging.
In the
adenohypophysis, gonadotrophs and folliculostellate cells express neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) (11).
The stimulus for its secretion is given by ACTH, which is secreted after stimulation of the
adenohypophysis by hypothalamic CRF.
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It is, therefore, essential to exclude an adenoma.7 Adenoma with a diameter of 3mm seem to be the smallest diameter at which tumours of
adenohypophysis can be diagnosed with certainty as microadenomas.
Adenohypophysis, cerebral region, motor cortex, testes (35%)
The anterior pituitary gland or
adenohypophysis originates embryologically from Rathke's pouch and produces six hormones (Drouin, 201 I), including luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, prolactin, growth hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (Table 1).