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A 34-year old female asked:
Is an MRI of the Sella with & without contrast 70553 the same as an MRI of the Pituitary with & without contrast 70553 but with different vocabulary?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Is it safe to get an MRI of the pituitary with & without contrast while on your period and is fasting required? If so for how many hours at least? Will menstruation raise the risk of an allergic reaction from the contrast? Thanks?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Is it normal to have white under & behind a pituitary gland on MRI no contrast?
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A 28-year old female asked:
What can cause the pituitary gland to show up bright white on MRI with out contrast?
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A 45-year old female asked:
An MRI (with contrast) of the pituitary shows the pituitary itself as a bright/white area, but there are a couple dark/black spots, a few mm in diameter, on it. What does dark indicate here, and what types of anomalies can they be?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Can a Pituitary MRI be done without contrast?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Can MRI without contrast see pituitary tumour from cushings?
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A 34-year old asked:
Could a MRI with contrast fail to identify a pituitary tumor?
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A 31-year old female asked:
What does a MRI of the pituitary gland check for? What kinds of abnormalities does it detect? Mri is without and then with contrast
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A 38-year old female asked:
Can a CT and MRI without contrast detect a pituitary tumour?
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A 35-year old asked:
Is it possible that an MRI with contrast could miss a pituitary tumor?
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A 49-year old male asked:
If I had a pituitary adonema would a standard brain MRI with and without contrast show it?
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A 34-year old female asked:
How can you know for sure if a pituitary adenoma is causing disruption in the hypothalamic hypophyseal portal and also stalk effect? Will a regular MRI w/ and without contrast be enough?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Does a head MRI both with and without contrast show if there is a problem or tumor in the pituitary gland?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Had brain MRI no contrast. The tech said she was concerned i had a abnormality on my pituitary gland cause it should up bright white. What does mean?
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A 36-year old asked:
Have pituitary tumor ever been seen on non-contrast CT or MRI scans?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Will mri withOUT contrast show stroke and/or brain tumor in pituitary gland ?
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A 36-year old female asked:
My doctor ordered a brain MRI with stealth guidance w/wo contrast & pituitary protocol for surgery of an adenoma. Should I get it as a 3T or 1.5T ? Which is better for this? He left it up to me?
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A female asked:
Can a pituitary tumor disappear on its own without any treatment? I underwent 2 mris with a contrast . The first showed 5 mm pituitary microadenoma. The second, which was done 3 years later showed no tumor at all. Could it be that a radiologist misread th
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A 35-year old asked:
Pituitary adenoma in MRI so what is next?
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A 34-year old asked:
Would an MRI be able to show pituitary cancer?
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A 36-year old asked:
What conditions affecting the pituitary gland would show up in an mri?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I have an "unremarkable" pituitary MRI but think something is wrong with my hypothalamus. Would hypo affect pituitary?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Is a 3T MRI truly better than a 1.5T MRI? If so would you recommend it for an MRI of the pituitary gland? What are the main differences?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Does a homogenous enhancement of the pituitary gland on MRI mean lympohocytic hypophysistis or anything else that may be wrong in the pituitary?
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A 34-year old female asked:
When it comes to costs, is a 3T MRI far more expensive than a standard 1.5T MRI? Will insurance usually cover the 3T MRI? I am considering a 3T MRI of the pituitary gland?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I'd like to know about 3T thin slice MRI of the pituitary. The neurosurgeon said he needs that instead of the regular 1.5T MRI. Is this other MRI truly necessary? Is the extra expense worth it or should I get a 2nd opinion? What's best for surgery?
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A 30-year old female asked:
How common is it for pituitary tumors to be overlooked on MRI?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Hi I have a question i had a MRI done and they found a cyst in my pituitary i was wondering how they treat it it is 5mm x 2 in size , ?
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A 38-year old female asked:
What does enhancement pattern appears homogeneous and no focal signal changes on T2 images of the Pituitary mean on a MRI report of the pituitary?
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