Effectiveness of CE-FIESTA and CE-T1WI findings for surgery of pituitary macroadenomas
| MR Sequences | MR Findings | Radiologist 1 | MR Findings | Radiologist 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumor Consistency at Surgery | P Value | Tumor Consistency at Surgery | P Value | |||||
| Hard (n = 5) | Soft (n = 24) | Hard (n = 5) | Soft (n = 24) | |||||
| CE-FIESTA | Solid | 5 | 3 | .0005 | Solid | 5 | 2 | .0002 |
| Mosaic | 0 | 21 | Mosaic | 0 | 22 | |||
| CE-T1WI | Solid | 4 | 18 | >.9999 | Solid | 4 | 16 | >.9999 |
| Mosaic | 1 | 6 | Mosaic | 1 | 8 | |||
| T2WI | Solid | 3 | 15 | >.9999 | Solid | 3 | 11 | .6513 |
| Mosaic | 2 | 9 | Mosaic | 2 | 13 | |||
| Relative Postoperative Tumor Size, % | P Value | Relative Postoperative Tumor Size, % | P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CE-FIESTA | Solid (7) | 53.4 ± 29.5 | .0040 | Solid (6) | 58.2 ± 28.8 | .0008 |
| Mosaic (20) | 28.2 ± 12.6 | Mosaic (21) | 28.0 ± 12.5 | |||
| CE-T1WI | Solid (22) | 36.6 ± 22.7 | .3458 | Solid (22) | 36.9 ± 21.2 | .4533 |
| Mosaic (5) | 26.5 ± 8.3 | Mosaic (5) | 30.3 ± 21.4 | |||
| T2WI | Solid (18) | 38.4 ± 24.7 | .2021 | Solid (14) | 36.0 ± 27.1 | .7565 |
| Mosaic (9) | 27.3 ± 7.0 | Mosaic (13) | 33.4 ± 12.7 |
Note:—Numbers in parentheses indicate number of cases in each category.
Data are mean ± SD.