Prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas: correlation of radiographic and surgical findings
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Prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas: correlation of radiographic and surgical findings.
The preoperative hypocycloidal sellar tomograms, angiograms, and pneumoencephalograms of 100 patients being evaluated for prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas were reviewed and the results correlated with surgical findings at transsphenoidal exploration. The majority (53%) of tumors encountered were microadenomas. Although sellar volume was normal in 72%, sellar shape on tomography was abnorm...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.134.4.707