Initial Experience with Diffusion-weighted Imaging to Predict the Tumor Consistency and Surgical Success in Solid Growth Hormone Producing Pituitary Macroadenomas

BACKGROUND: Tumor consistency is an important factor impeding transsphenoidal resection of some pituitary macroadenomas. Preoperative prediction of the tumor consistency may help neurosurgeons in preparing the patients for other therapeutic options after a subtotally resected growth hormone (GH)-pro...

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Autores principales: Alimohamadi, Maysam, Sanjari, Reza, Shirani, Mohamad, Alikhani, Fariba, Amirjamshidi, Abbas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6702998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31497087
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_56_16

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