Pituitary gland: Variable signal intensities on MRI - A pictorial essay

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 327-332

  Caruso, Ronald D ^a   Rosenbaum, Arthur E ^a   Sherry, Richard G ^b   Wasenko, John J ^a   Joy, Stephen E ^a   Hochhauser, Leo ^a   Chang, Ja Kwei ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b Northern Radiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesions; Magnetic resonance; Pituitary gland; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CYST; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYST; FETUS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; VASCULAR LESION;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031719565     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(98)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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