Carlier R, Monnet O, Idir A B, Halimi P, Simon P, Bouchard P, Schaison G, Doyon D
Service de Neuroradiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bicêtre, Faculté Paris Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
J Neuroradiol. 1991;18(1):49-60.
Hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus are often idiopathic conditions. A retrospective study of 6 cases of diabetes insipidus and 8 cases of partial or global idiopathic anterior hypopituitarism has shown that MRI is of considerable value to detect abnormalities of the pituitary stalk or hypothalamo-pituitary "relay". On the basis of MRI findings, some cases of idiopathic hypopituitarism can now be grouped together in a new entity which may be called hypopituitarism due to neonatal transection of the pituitary stalk.
垂体功能减退症和尿崩症通常为特发性疾病。一项对6例尿崩症患者以及8例部分或完全性特发性垂体前叶功能减退症患者的回顾性研究表明，磁共振成像（MRI）对于检测垂体柄或下丘脑 - 垂体“中继站”的异常具有重要价值。基于MRI检查结果，现在一些特发性垂体功能减退症病例可归为一个新的类型，即可能因新生儿期垂体柄横断所致的垂体功能减退症。
