High-resolution18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for pituitary adenoma detection in Cushing disease

P Chittiboina, BK Montgomery, C Millo… - Journal of …, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT High-resolution PET (hrPET) performed using a high-resolution research
tomograph is reported as having a resolution of 2 mm and could be used to detect …

CRH stimulation improves 18F-FDG-PET detection of pituitary adenomas in Cushing's disease

J Boyle, NJ Patronas, J Smirniotopoulos, P Herscovitch… - Endocrine, 2019 - Springer
Objective In MRI-negative cases Cushing's disease (CD), surgeons perform a more
extensive exploration of the pituitary gland, with fewer instances of hormonal remission. 18 F …

[18F] FET PET/MRI: An Accurate Technique for Detection of Small Functional Pituitary Tumors

IJ Pruis, FA Verburg, RK Balvers… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - Soc Nuclear Med
Small functional pituitary tumors can cause severely disabling symptoms and early death.
The gold standard diagnostic approach includes laboratory tests and MRI, with or without …

The diagnostic value of fused positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the localization of adrenocorticotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma in Cushing's …

AS Alzahrani, R Farhat, A Al-Arifi, N Al-Kahtani… - Pituitary, 2009 - Springer
Despite the high resolution of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pituitary gland, up to
40% of cases of Cushing's disease (CD) have normal MRI. Fused images of positron …

Usefulness of composite methionine–positron emission tomography/3.0-tesla magnetic resonance imaging to detect the localization and extent of early-stage Cushing …

H Ikeda, T Abe, K Watanabe - Journal of neurosurgery, 2010 - thejns.org
Object Fifty to eighty percent of Cushing disease is diagnosed by typical endocrine
responses. Recently, the number of diagnoses of Cushing disease without typical Cushing …

Utility of 11C-methionine and 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with functioning pituitary adenomas

Z Feng, D He, Z Mao, Z Wang, Y Zhu… - Clinical nuclear …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Purpose MRI is commonly used in the evaluation of pituitary adenomas (PAs). However, it
has difficulty to locate the lesions sometimes, especially microadenomas and/or …

Outcomes of three-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging for the identification of pituitary adenoma in patients with Cushing's disease

N Fukuhara, N Inoshita, M Yamaguchi-Okada… - Endocrine …, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Pituitary adenoma has been reported to be detectable in only 36–63% of Cushing's disease
(CD) patients by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In this study, we investigate the …

Pituitary MRI in Cushing's disease‐an update

JF Bonneville, I Potorac, P Petrossians… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pituitary MRI is essential in the diagnosis of ACTH‐dependent Cushing's syndrome, but its
results are inconsistent. The demonstration of a sellar image compatible with the diagnosis …

PET/MRI in the diagnosis of hormone-producing pituitary microadenoma: a prospective pilot study

H Wang, B Hou, L Lu, M Feng, J Zang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
This study was designed to evaluate the ability of PET/MRI, using 18F-FDG and 68Ga-
DOTATATE as tracers, to detect hormone-producing pituitary microadenoma when …

Different imaging characteristics of concurrent pituitary adenomas in a patient with Cushing's disease

GU Mehta, BK Montgomery, P Raghavan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
We report a patient with Cushing's disease (CD) and two pituitary adenomas that
demonstrated different imaging characteristics and therefore suggest an alternative imaging …