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A girl with Diamond-Blackfan syndrome and hypopituitarism was suspected of having pituitary haemosiderosis because of the clinical picture and the long history of blood transfusions. On T1-weighted MR images the pituitary exhibited a markedly hypointense anterior lobe (mimicking the empty sella), suggesting iron deposition, while on T2W MRI the low signal of the pituitary was surrounded by the high signal of the CSF. MR may be considered the examination of choice for detecting iron overload in the pituitary.
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Received: 10 November 1997 Accepted: 21 November 1997
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Ambrosetto, P., Zucchini, S., Cicognani, A. et al. MR findings in pituitary haemosiderosis. Pediatric Radiology 28, 288–289 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050353
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