A 63-year-old man was referred to the Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroendocrine & Pituitary Tumor Clinical Center for management of a pituitary macroadenoma.

Pituitary Macroadenoma. (Left) T1-weighted sagittal MRI; (Right) T1-weighted with gadolinium sagittal MRI. ... By definition, pituitary macroadenomas are benign tumors of the pituitary gland that are ...

(Left) T1-weighted axial MRI; (Right) T1-weighted sagittal MRI. Note the enlargement of the pituitary gland. Also note the bright signal within the gland - this is subacute blood. Pituitary apoplexy ...

MRIs are an effective diagnostic tool for pituitary tumors. Although MRI scans can miss very small tumors, newer machines are better equipped to detect them. Most pituitary tumors are noncancerous ...

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 ...

Repeat MRI scans for pituitary microadenomas may be unnecessary: study suggests Sun May 14, 2023 12:00 AM Last update on: Sun May 14, 2023 12:00 AM ...