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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [2]
Overview
Key CT Scan Findings in Pituitary Adenoma
Macroadenoma
- A solid suprasellar mass that typically has an attenuation similar to brain (30-40 HU) and demonstrates moderate contrast enhancement is highly suggestive of pituitary macroadenoma.
- Calcification and hemorrhage are rarely seen.[1][2]
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Image courtesy of Dr Gagandeep Choudhary. http://www.radiopaedia.org Radiopaedia (http://radiopaedia.org/cases/pituitary-macroadenoma). http://radiopaedia.org/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC.
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Image courtesy of Dr Gagandeep Choudhary. http://www.radiopaedia.org Radiopaedia (http://radiopaedia.org/cases/pituitary-macroadenoma). http://radiopaedia.org/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC.
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Microadenoma
- Historically, before the advent of MRI, the pituitary was imaged with CT scan.
- Although CT scan is able to detect up to 80-90% of microadenomas (5-10mm in size), it has less sensitivity to smaller adenomas (less than 5mm in size).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pituitary Macroadenoma. Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Yuranga Weerakkody. Radiopaedia.org 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/pituitary-macroadenoma-1
- ↑ age courtesy of Dr Gagandeep Choudhary. http://www.radiopaedia.org Radiopaedia (http://radiopaedia.org/cases/pituitary-macroadenoma). http://radiopaedia.org/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC.