MRI of ectopic posterior pituitary bright spot with large adenomas: Appearances and relationship to transient postoperative diabetes insipidus

Neuroradiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 713-716

  Saeki, N ^a   Tokunaga, H ^a   Wagai, N ^b   Sunami, K ^b   Murai, H ^a   Kubota, M ^a   Tatsuno, I ^a   Saito, Y ^a   Yamaura, A ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kawatetsu Chiba Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidiuretic hormone; Diabetes insipidus; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary stalk

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROSECRETION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0242657271     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1018-9     Document Type: Article

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