Pituitary gland enlargement secondary to dural arteriovenous fistula in the cavernous sinus: Appearance at MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 263-267

  Sato, Noriko ^a   Putman, Christopher M ^a   Chaloupka, John C ^a   Glenn, Bradley J ^b   Vinuela, Fernando ^b   Sze, Gordon ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, therapeutic blockade; Arteriovenous malformations, dural; Cavernous sinus; Cavernous sinus, MR; Pituitary, abnormalities; Pituitary, MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0030934417     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.203.1.9122405     Document Type: Article

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