Open AccessInitial experience with diffusion-weighted imaging to predict the tumor consistency and surgical success in solid growth hormone producing pituitary macroadenomas
Author(s) -
Maysam Alimohamadi,
Reza Sanjari,
Mohamad Shirani,
Fariba Alikhani,
Abbas Amirjamshidi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_56_16
Subject(s) - medicine , transsphenoidal surgery , magnetic resonance imaging , hormone , pituitary adenoma , diffusion mri , growth hormone , pituitary tumors , resection , effective diffusion coefficient , radiology , adenoma , surgery , pathology
Tumor consistency is an important factor impeding transsphenoidal resection of some pituitary macroadenomas. Preoperative prediction of the tumor consistency may help neurosurgeons in preparing the patients for other therapeutic options after a subtotally resected growth hormone (GH)-producing macroadenoma. We present the preliminary results of our study about the application of the preoperative diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict the consistency and resection rate of GH-producing pituitary macroadenomas.