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Date : 00.00.00

Name of the Patient : Abc Xylmn / M / 6 yrs.
Referred by : Dr. Abc Xyzhalani.
Examination : M.R.I. of the Sella and Perisellar Region.

CLINICAL PROFILE :

Full Term ceasarian delivery with normal growth and development till 5 months of age. Disproportionate short stature and frontal bossing. HGH not detected. Thyroid hormones normal.

EXAMINATION :

M.R.I of the sella and perisellar region was performed using the following parameters :

3 mm thick T1 Weighted and T2 Weighted coronal images.

3 mm thick T1 Weighted sagittal images.

The brain was screened with 5 mm thick T2 Weighted axial images.

OBSERVATION :

There is seen a hyperintense focus on the T2 Weighted images in the subcortical white matter in the left occipital region. The ventricular system is unremarkable. There is no midline shift.

The pituitary gland measures 3.0 mms in height and shows normal contour and signal characteristics. The posterior pituitary gland shows a normal hyperintense signal on the T1 Weighted images.

The pituitary stalk is in the midline.

The cavernous sinuses and the supra sellar cistern are unremarkable.

IMPRESSION :

1. Altered signal in the subcortical white matter in the left occipital region is of ? etiology, ?? lacune.

2. The pituitary gland measures 3.0 mms in height without focal mass lesion.


Published in MRI Reports