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Magnetic resonance imaging of sellar and juxtasellar abnormalities in the paediatric population: an imaging review
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The sellar and juxtasellar regions in the paediatric population are complex both anatomically and pathologically, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) being the "gold standard" imaging modality due to the high contrast of detail. Assessment requires a detailed understanding of the anatomy, embryology, pathophysiology and normal signal characteristics of the pituitary gland and surrounding structures in order to appropriately characterise abnormalities. This article aims to provide an overview of the imaging characteristics of developmental/congenital and acquired disease processes which affect the sellar and juxtasellar region in the paediatric population. Main Messages • The sellar region is anatomically complex and covers a wide pathology spectrum. • MRI is the key imaging modality to assess sellar and juxtasellar pathology. • Numerous developmental anomalies may not be discovered until adulthood. • Knowledge of pathology alerts and guides the clinician towards appropriate management.
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This narrative imaging review summarises the MRI features of congenital/developmental and acquired sellar and juxtasellar abnormalities in children, framing MRI as the "gold standard" modality because of its high contrast resolution. It provides entity-by-entity imaging descriptions (signal characteristics, enhancement, location) alongside brief clinical, embryological and epidemiological context.
Key findings
- Normal paediatric pituitary imaging evolves: both lobes are T1-hyperintense at birth, with the anterior lobe dropping to near isointensity with the posterior pons by 6 weeks of age, while the posterior lobe retains T1 hyperintensity throughout adulthood. Normal pituitary height is typically 2–6 mm during childhood and up to 10 mm or slightly higher at puberty; preterm infants have taller glands than term infants.
- Developmental anomalies covered include adenohypophyseal agenesis and hypoplasia, ectopic posterior pituitary, pituitary duplication, hypothalamic hamartoma, persistent craniopharyngeal canal, Rathke's cleft cyst, cephaloceles, epidermoid/dermoid, arachnoid cyst, lipoma and empty sella. Reported frequencies include Rathke's cleft cysts on MRI in childhood at 1.2%, arachnoid cysts in 0.16% of all newborns with 9–15% in the sellar region, and trans-sphenoidal meningoencephaloceles at 1 per 700,000 live births.
- Neoplastic and inflammatory entities reviewed include pituitary adenoma (≈2.7% of all supratentorial tumours in children; only 3–6% non-functioning versus one-third in adults), craniopharyngioma (3% of all intracranial tumours), optic pathway glioma (4–6% of paediatric brain tumours, median diagnosis 5–9 years, ~half with NF1), pilomyxoid astrocytoma, germinoma and teratoma, tuberculous meningitis, osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, esthesioneuroblastoma, fibrous dysplasia/McCune-Albright, Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (2 per 100,000 children under 15), lymphocytic hypophysitis, Rosai-Dorfman disease, leptomeningeal lymphoma and vascular malformations.
- Several discriminating features are highlighted: non-enhancing T2-hyperintense lesions suggest hypothalamic hamartoma or Rathke's cleft cyst; restricted diffusion distinguishes epidermoid from arachnoid cyst; intra-tumoural haemorrhage favours pilomyxoid over pilocytic astrocytoma (25% vs 8%); a parasellar T2 dark sign helps separate lymphocytic hypophysitis from adenoma; stalk thickness >3 mm with loss of posterior pituitary T1 bright spot suggests LCH.
Methods
- Design: narrative, image-based educational review; no systematic search strategy, inclusion criteria, or evidence grading is described.
- Data: no patient cohort or primary data; the article is illustrated with numbered figures (Figs. 1–31) of example cases and synthesises published literature, with 79 cited references.
- Analysis: qualitative synthesis organised by anatomical/embryological background, normal paediatric imaging characteristics, developmental anomalies, pituitary lesions, and juxtasellar lesions.
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- Evident from the text: as a narrative review there is no stated search strategy, study selection, or critical appraisal of the cited literature; epidemiological figures are quoted from heterogeneous prior series without quality assessment.
- Also evident: illustration is via selected single-institution example images rather than systematic imaging–pathology correlation, and the review does not address diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity/specificity, or comparative performance of MRI against other modalities.
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“At birth, both the anterior and posterior pituitary gland have high signal intensity on T1-weighted images (Fig. 3).”
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“The posterior pituitary gland retains its high signal intensity on T1-weighted images throughout adulthood, with several papers supporting that this high signal results from neurosecretory granules or the protein neurophysin [3–5].”
§ Magnetic resonance imaging of sellar and juxtasellar abnormalities in the paediatric population: an imaging review > Imaging characteristics in the paediatric population
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- Not checked yetcites [3] Fujisawa I, Asato R, Nishimura K et al (1987) Anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary gland: assessment by 1.5 T MR imaging. J Comput Assist Tomogr 11:214–220 source
- Not checked yetcites [4] Nishimura K, Fujisawa I, Togashi K et al (1986) Posterior lobe of the pituitary: identification by lack of chemical shift artifact in MR imaging. J Comput Assist Tomogr 10:899–902 source
- Not checked yetcites [5] Fujisawa I, Asato R, Kawata M et al (1989) Hyperintense signal of the posterior pituitary on T1-weighted MR images: an experimental study. J Comput Assist Tomogr 13:371–377 source
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“The posterior pituitary gland retains its high signal intensity on T1-weighted images throughout adulthood, with several papers supporting that this high signal results from neurosecretory granules or the protein neurophysin [3–5].”
§ Magnetic resonance imaging of sellar and juxtasellar abnormalities in the paediatric population: an imaging review > Imaging characteristics in the paediatric population
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- Not checked yetcites [3] Fujisawa I, Asato R, Nishimura K et al (1987) Anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary gland: assessment by 1.5 T MR imaging. J Comput Assist Tomogr 11:214–220 source
- Not checked yetcites [4] Nishimura K, Fujisawa I, Togashi K et al (1986) Posterior lobe of the pituitary: identification by lack of chemical shift artifact in MR imaging. J Comput Assist Tomogr 10:899–902 source
- Not checked yetcites [5] Fujisawa I, Asato R, Kawata M et al (1989) Hyperintense signal of the posterior pituitary on T1-weighted MR images: an experimental study. J Comput Assist Tomogr 13:371–377 source
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“In preterm infants, the gland is taller than in normal-term infants, even when correcting for gestational age.”
§ Magnetic resonance imaging of sellar and juxtasellar abnormalities in the paediatric population: an imaging review > Imaging characteristics in the paediatric population
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- Not checked yetcites [6] Kiortsis D, Xydis V, Drougia AG et al (2004) The height of the pituitary in preterm infants during the first 2 years of life: An MRI study. Neuroradiology 46:224–226 source
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“MRI findings include duplicated pituitary stalks and glands within separate pituitary fossa in the sphenoid bone.”
§ Magnetic resonance imaging of sellar and juxtasellar abnormalities in the paediatric population: an imaging review > Developmental anomalies of the pituitary gland > Pituitary duplication (Fig. 7)
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- Not checked yetcites [16] Slavotinek A, Parisi M, Heike C et al (2005) Craniofacial defects of blastogenesis: duplication of pituitary with cleft palate and orophgaryngeal tumors. Am J Med Genet A 135:13–20 source
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Metadata
- Authors
- Shields, R., Mangla, R., Almast, J., & Meyers, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Rochester Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shields, Rachel
- Venue
- Insights into Imaging
- Published
- 2015-03-21
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 241-260
- ISSN
- 1869-4101 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4376809
- OpenAlex
- W2125454623
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 85
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Insights into Imaging (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Keywords
- sellar region, congenital pituitary anomaly, developmental anomalies, MRI signal characteristics
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