Pituitary Imaging

Publication date: Available online 26 June 2017
Source:Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
Author(s): Barry D. Pressman

Teaser

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 where 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 depending on secondary information that could only suggest their presence.


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