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Review
. 2017 Sep;46(3):713-740.
doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2017.04.012. Epub 2017 Jun 26.

Pituitary Imaging

Barry D Pressman  1
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Review

Pituitary Imaging

Barry D Pressman. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2017 Sep.

Abstract

Modern pituitary imaging is MRI. However, computed tomography (CT) still has limited usefulness. In addition, because CT offers much better bone detail and calcium detection, there are some cases in which such additional information is necessary. Before the advent of CT, plain radiography, pneumoencephalography, and angiography were used to diagnose pituitary masses. More recently, CT, and then especially MRI, made it possible to primarily delineate lesions within and around the pituitary gland rather than depend on secondary information that could only suggest their presence.

Keywords: CT; MRI; Pituitary imaging.

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