Glandular formations in the posterior lobe of the human pituitary gland. Lewis, Lee (Bull, of the Johns Hopk. Hosp., 1927, v. 41)

The posterior pituitary lobe normally consists not only of nervous tissue, but also contains at all ages glandular components. In children under 4 years of age, we find here abundant tubular branching glands lying usually in the anterior and lateral segments of the posterior lobe, as well as in the vicinity of the pituitary stalk. The cells of the glands contain colloidal masses showing the same attitude to dyes as those in the conduit passages and formations lying between the anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary gland.