A pituitary MRI with magnified pituitary slices and gadolinium contrast was ordered. A well-circumscribed “snowman-shaped” sellar mass was identified, ...

Is gadolinium contrast necessary for pituitary mri in the evaluation of pediatric short stature and growth hormone deficiency? Horm Res Paediatr. Published online August 23, 2021. doi:10.1159 ...

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program data from 2004 to 2018 show an incidence rate of pituitary adenomas and pituitary incidentalomas of 4.28 ± 0.04 and 1.53 ± 0.02 per ...

An award-winning Scientific Electronic Exhibit to be presented at the ARRS 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting found non-contrast pituitary MRI for central precocious puberty, growth hormone deficiency ...

The study’s researchers recommend fewer MRI scans during follow-up to minimize exposure to the contrast agent. Data were derived from Hordejuk D, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2023;doi:10.7326/M22-1728 ...

Pituitary Macroadenoma. (Left) T1-weighted with gadolinium sagittal MRI; (Right) T1-weighted with gadolinium coronal MRI. Note the large enhancing mass in the region of the sella that is growing up ...

MRI scans effectively diagnose pituitary tumors. However, older MRI machines may ... A 2021 study notes that contrast MRI is more effective at detecting pituitary microadenomas than non-contrast MRI.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head is a painless, noninvasive test that produces detailed images of your brain and brain stem. An MRI machine creates the images using a magnetic field ...

Our expert surgeons perform minimally invasive pituitary tumor surgeries in over 95 percent of cases, leading directly to reduced pain and quicker recoveries. An open approach, in contrast, comes with ...

October 27, 2010 (Chicago, Illinois) — A pituitary anomaly on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict which children with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) also have hypopituitarism, an ...