Background Despite obesity being well known to be associated with several pituitary
hormone imbalances, pituitary appearance in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients …

Purpose Obesity has become a major health problem and is associated with endocrine
disorders and a disturbed hypothalamic-pituitary axis. The purpose of this study was to …

Context Obesity is accompanied by damages to several tissues, including the brain.
Pathological data and animal models have demonstrated an increased inflammatory …

Purpose The main aim of this study was to provide normative data for pituitary height and
volume in persons between 50 and 66 years in the general population. The secondary aim …

MRI has value in differentiating the normal anatomy and abnormalities of the hypothalamic
and pituitary regions. The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland are contiguous structures …

Objective Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism (HH) is commonly associated with ageing,
obesity and type 2 diabetes. The indications for pituitary imaging are controversial, and …

Objective This study aimed to determine whether a relationship was evident between gliosis
in the mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) and plasma testosterone concentrations in men …

PURPOSE AND METHODS High-field MR images at 1.5 T were used to characterize the
effects of age and gender on pituitary size and shape in a sample of 71 adult volunteers (40 …

The increasing numbers of severely obese patients (body mass index BMI> 40 kg/m2)
represent a significant management challenge. These patients are at risk of obesity‐related …

Purpose To elucidate the influence of age and sex on the signal intensity (SI) of the posterior
lobe of the pituitary gland (PPG) on T1-weighted images (T1WI) from 3 T MRI. Materials and …