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Pituitary adenoma

Pituitary adenomas are tumors that occur in the pituitary gland. Pituitary adenomas are generally divided into three categories dependent upon their biological functioning: benign adenoma, invasive adenoma, and carcinomas. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Is A
Adenoma
May Cause
Anterior third ventricle lesion
Enhancing sellar lesion
Enhancing suprasellar lesion
Enlargement or erosion of sella turcica
Homogeneously enhancing intracranial lesion
Hydrocephalus
Hyperdense intracranial lesion
Intracranial lesion involving the orbit
Isodense intracranial lesion
Isodense sellar lesion
Isodense suprasellar lesion
Localized bony defect about the optic canal
Middle cranial fossa lesion
Midline supratentorial lesion
Neoplastic solitary intracranial mass
Optic canal enlargement
Parasellar calcification
Parasellar lesion
Pterygopalatine fossa lesion
Sellar lesion
Solitary intracranial calcification
T1-hypointense intracranial lesion
T1-isointense intracranial lesion
T2-hyperintense intracranial lesion

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