The prenatal pituitary gland - Hidden and forgotten

Authors
Kjaer, I Hansen, BF
Citation
I. Kjaer et Bf. Hansen, The prenatal pituitary gland - Hidden and forgotten, PED NEUROL, 22(2), 2000, pp. 155-156
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
08878994 → ACNP
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
155 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-8994(200002)22:2<155:TPPG-H>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The sella turcica and pituitary gland in a human fetus (18 weeks gestation) with unilateral ore-ocular cleft combined with unilateral cleft lip and pa late are described histologically, In this fetus the sella turcica was not a normal sella but a caudally open funnel, The adenopituitary gland tissue was positioned ectopically within the funnel canal and in the pharyngeal su bmucosa. (C) 2000 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.