MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PITUITARY TUMORS AND HYPERSECRETORY STATES David H. Sarne PROLACTIN HYPERSECRETION ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE HYPERSECRETION Related posts: CONTRASEXUAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IDIOPATHIC OR CYCLIC EDEMA ALOPECIA EFFECTS ON BONE MINERAL…
CONCLUSION Part of “CHAPTER 20 – DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF THE SELLAR REGION“ Related posts: CONTRASEXUAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IDIOPATHIC OR CYCLIC EDEMA ALOPECIA EFFECTS ON BONE MINERAL DENSITY CALCIUM BALANCE DURING…
MISCELLANEOUS ENTITIES Part of “CHAPTER 20 – DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF THE SELLAR REGION“ PITUITARY APOPLEXY Pituitary apoplexy is the result of necrosis of the anterior lobe of the pituitary. When…
NORMAL VARIANTS Part of “CHAPTER 20 – DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF THE SELLAR REGION“ EMPTY SELLA The sella may not be completely filled with tissue. When the sella is partially filled…
NORMAL IMAGING ANATOMY Part of “CHAPTER 20 – DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF THE SELLAR REGION“ SKULL RADIOGRAPHS An evaluation of subtle changes of the bony architecture of the sella is not…
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF IMAGING TECHNIQUES Part of “CHAPTER 20 – DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF THE SELLAR REGION“ Traditionally, the first imaging examination in the evaluation of the pituitary-sellar region was…
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF THE SELLAR REGION Eric Bourekas Mary Oehler Donald Chakeres Radiographic imaging of the sella and hypothalamic region is important in the overall evaluation of many patients with…
MISCELLANEOUS LESIONS OF THE OPTIC CHIASM Part of “CHAPTER 19 – THE OPTIC CHIASM IN ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS“ TRAUMATIC CHIASMAL SYNDROME Vision loss that follows closed-head trauma usually is attributed to…
EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME Part of “CHAPTER 19 – THE OPTIC CHIASM IN ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS“ Extension of the subarachnoid space into the sella turcica through a deficient sellar diaphragm may manifest…
