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[[File:Pituitary-apoplexy marked.jpg|center|800px|CT without contrast showing intrasellar mass.(Source: Case courtesy of A.Prof Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 2735)]] | [[File:Pituitary-apoplexy marked.jpg|center|800px|CT without contrast showing intrasellar mass.(Source: Case courtesy of A.Prof Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 2735)]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2] Iqra Qamar M.D.[3]
Overview
CT scan is preferred over MRI for visualization of calcification in a meningioma or a craniopharyngioma. Routine CT is insensitive to the diagnosis unless frank intracranial hemorrhage is present.The pituitary mass may be evident and be hyperdense.
CT
- CT scan is preferred over MRI for visualization of calcification in a meningioma or a craniopharyngioma
- Routine CT is insensitive to the diagnosis unless frank intracranial hemorrhage is present
- The pituitary mass may be evident and be hyperdense.
- Fluid debris levels may also be evident.
References
- ↑ Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/20261">rID: 20261