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"The normal pituitary gland should not demonstrate significant FDG uptake and are normally not seen on PET-CT ^12,17,18. Presence of uptake is seen in < 1% of whole body FDG-PET studies and in the majority of cases this uptake is due to a pitutiary lesion, most often an adenoma^12,17,18."

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"Zurich pituitary score: prediction of gross total resection"

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"Rathke cleft cyst"

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Acronyms

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"SIPAP classification: grading based of 6-direction growth¹⁶"

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H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
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H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"Optic chiasm compression"

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"Cavernous sinus invasion"

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"Classification"

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"Signal characteristics"

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"Cavernous sinus invasion"

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"FDG PET-CT"

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"Octreotide scintigraphy"

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"Other tracers"

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"Follow-up"

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Oxford Comma

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"On imaging, they usually present as a solid tumour with CT attenuation values similar to the brain (30-40 HU) and demonstrate moderate contrast enhancement. The same is observed on MRI, where they are isointense to the grey matter both on T1- and T2-weighted images. However, attenuation and signal characteristics can significantly vary depending on tumour components such as haemorrhage, cystic transformation, or necrosis."

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"A macroadenoma growing superiorly out of the pituitary fossa (or for that matter other pituitary region masses) will contact, elevate and compress the central part of the chiasm in most individuals. This central part carries fibres from the nasal retina, and thus results in the classical bitemporal hemianopia ¹⁰. Patients typically complain of bumping into things or having car accidents, but as the macular fibres are often spared, they may not be aware of their visual deficits."

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Semicolons

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"Non-contrast attenuation can vary depending on haemorrhagic, cystic, and necrotic components. Solid adenomas without haemorrhage, typically have attenuation similar to the brain (30-40 HU) and demonstrate moderate contrast enhancement; less marked than one typically sees in meningiomas. Calcification is rare."

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Commas

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"Pituitary adenomas have been reported as being avid using many other tracers including Gallium-68 DOTATATE, Tc-99m MIBI, F-18 DOPA, F18-choline, C-11 methionine, Tc-99m DMSA, etc.¹⁸."

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