title: MRI of pituitary adenoma with extensive amyloid formation.
abstract: We report a patient with a pituitary adenoma with extensive amyloid formation. T2-weighted MRI was most characteristic for amyloid deposition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kochi Prefectural Aki Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsutsui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sonobe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohtsuki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sawada
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D017772:Amyloid Neuropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*