title: Magnetic resonance imaging of pituitary and parasellar abnormalities.
abstract: The ease, safety, accuracy, reliability, specificity, and sensitivity of the diagnosis of disorders of the sellar region all have been enhanced by MRI. This article demonstrates the normal anatomy and the wide array of pathology that can be visualized by MRI. Magnetic resonance has become the imaging modality of choice for most of the disorders within and about the sella.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Chakeres
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curtin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology