“…5 Recent studies of children with reduced height known to have GHD, resulting from causes other than tumors, demonstrate that the principal abnormality found with MRI is hypoplastic anterior pituitary associated with an interrupted stalk and ectopic posterior pituitary, [1][2][3][4]6 this last being rarely seen with CT. 5 It is, therefore, consensus that when investigating restricted stature, the observation of a hypoplastic anterior pituitary associated with an ectopic posterior pituitary on MRI can be a strong indication of GHD. 1,3,4,11,12 Among our patients, 54% presented abnormalities on MRI and, of the abnormalities observed, a hypoplastic anterior pituitary associated with an ectopic posterior pituitary was the most common finding, being present in 70% of our cases. The results found by this study are comparable with published data that also records a large number of morphological anomalies in MRI of the hypothalamic-pituitary area of patients with GHD, among which an ectopic posterior pituitary was common.…”