Modern imaging of the pituitary.

AD Elster - Radiology, 1993 - pubs.rsna.org
IHIIIUIIIIIIIIIDhIIIIHillUIIIU Page 1 Allen D. Elster, MD Modern Imaging ofthe Pituitary’ Table 1
Principal Pituitary Hormones and Their Regulation Pituitary Lobe Pituitary Hormone Releasing …

MR imaging of the brain in patients with diabetes insipidus.

R Tien, J Kucharczyk… - American journal of …, 1991 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Diabetes insipidus is a clinical syndrome characterized by the excretion of copious volumes
of dilute urine combined with persistent intake of abnormally large quantities of fluid. There …

Imaging of the sella: anatomy and pathology

AD Elster - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI, 1993 - Elsevier
The hypophysis cerebri, or pituitary gland, is a complex neuroendocrine organ involved in
the control of a variety of homeostatic mechanisms. Subtleties in the internal anatomy of this …

Thickened pituitary stalk on MR images in patients with diabetes insipidus and Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

RD Tien, TH Newton, MW McDermott… - American Journal …, 1990 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
The MR images of four female patients with acute onset of central diabetes insipidus and
pathologically confirmed Langerhans cell histiocytosis were evaluated retrospectively for …

Use of T1-weighted MR imaging to differentiate between primary polydipsia and central diabetes insipidus.

AM Moses, B Clayton… - American Journal of …, 1992 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To investigate the value of MR in differentiating patients with primary polydipsia,
who have an intact neurohypophyseal system, from those with central diabetes insipidus …

Current approaches to imaging of the sellar region and pituitary

MJ Naidich, EJ Russell - Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North …, 1999 - Elsevier
The articles on imaging of the pituitary gland that have been published in issues of the
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics during the last 21 years provide a history lesson on …

The effect of phospholipid vesicles on the NMR relaxation of water: an explanation for the MR appearance of the neurohypophysis?

W Kucharczyk, RE Lenkinski… - American Journal …, 1990 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
The normal neurohypophysis is hyperintense relative to brain and adenohypophysis on T1-
weighted MR images, but the signal is not chemically shifted with respect to water. The …

Posterior lobe of the pituitary gland: correlation between signal intensity on T1-weighted MR images and vasopressin concentration.

H Kurokawa, I Fujisawa, Y Nakano, H Kimura, K Akagi… - Radiology, 1998 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To correlate the signal intensity on magnetic resonance (MR) images in the
posterior lobe of the pituitary gland with the vasopressin content. MATERIALS AND …

Normal MR appearance of the pituitary gland in the first 2 years of life.

RB Dietrich, LE Lis, FS Greensite… - American journal of …, 1995 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To investigate changes in the size, shape, and signal intensity of the pituitary
gland during the first 2 years of life. METHODS One hundred consecutive MR studies, spin …

Hypothalamic and pituitary pathology

BW Chong, TH Newton - Radiologic Clinics of North America, 1993 - Elsevier
The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland are contiguous structures. They are functionally
codependent and physiologically inseparable. It is no coincidence that these two structures …