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Volume 6, Issue 5 (Suppl)
OMICS J Radiol, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-7964
Radiology and Oncology 2017
October 19-20, 2017
World Congress on
October 19-20, 2017 | New York, USA
Radiology and Oncology
Radiologic study of the craniovertebral malformations in pituitary duplication
Slobodan Marinković
Belgrade University, Serbia
S
ome congenital malformations are so rare that any new case should be described in detail. We had the opportunity to examine a
patient with the hypogonadism, obesity, and some limitation of the neck rotation. The T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) of the brain showed two pituitary glands, each of them with its own pituitary stalk. In addition, the region of the median
eminence, i.e. the posterior part of the tuber cinereum and infundibulum, was thicker than usual and was fused with the mammillary
bodies. Just left to the fusion, a small suprasellar hamartoma was noticed. The multislice computerized tomography (MSCT) presented
a double hypophyseal fossa, the posterior clinoid process, the odontoid process and the axis body, as well as a broad clivus, an inverse
foramen magnum, the third occipital condyle, a foramen transversarium defect, a partial agenesis of the anterior and posterior
atlas arches, and a fusion of the first four cervical vertebrae. The third condyle measured 12.9 mm × 10.8 mm. The gap between the
right and left remnants of the anterior arch measured 22.7 mm, and the missing middle part of the posterior arch had a transverse
diameter of 26.1 mm. The right and left odontoid processes were 7.7 mm and 8.6 mm in height, respectively, and the cleft between
their apical parts measured 3.7 mm in the transverse direction. Since our patient is one of only 40 reported individuals with a pituitary
duplication in the last 150 years, the case description is of a great scientific and clinical significance.
Biography
Slobodan Marinković has completed his PhD at the age of 31 years at Belgrade University and postdoctoral studies at the Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Panum Institute
in Copenhagen (Denmark). He has published 2 international books, four chapters in 2 other books, 8 national books, more than 60 papers in reputed journals and has been
serving as an editorial board member of repute. He has about 1200 citations in international publications. He has given 16 lectures at various international congresses and
universities as an invited speaker and has been a chairman person on three occasions.
slobodan.marinkovic@med.bg.ac.rsSlobodan Marinković, OMICS J Radiol 2017, 6:5 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-7964-C1-015