PITUATARY IMAGING

PITUATARY IMAGING

Dr h.Ghanaati

Professor of radiology

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Pituitary-Sellar and Parasellar Region

Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis

Anatomical sellar & Parasellar landmarks  

Radiological patterns of Pituitary dysfunction/mass

Advises and Recommendations in the study of parasellar region.

Differential Diagnosis

To Stress the Great Clinical and Pathological significance of sellar and parasellar region.

INTRASELLAR PATHOLOGY:

PITUITARY TUMORS: ADENOMA

 Microadenoma < 10mm (PRL, ACTH) 

 Macroadenoma > 10mm (GH, LH, FSH, nonsecreting)

 RATHKE’S CLEFT CYST

 PARS INTERMEDIA CYST

 DERMOID-EPIDERMOID CYSTS

 INTRASELLAR CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA

 METASTASIS

 GRANULOMAS

 CAROTID VARIANTS