MRI OF THE PITUITARY GLAND

1. MRI Technique and Radiological Anatomy of the Pituitary Gland
2. Traps and Artifacts
3. Small Sella and Convex Pituitary Gland
4. Nonfunctioning Pituitary Macroadenoma: General Points
5. Prolactinoma in Women
6. Prolactinoma and Dopamine Agonists
7. Normal Pituitary Gland and Pregnancy
8. Pituitary Tumors and Pregnancy
9. Prolactinoma in Men
10. Aggressive Pituitary Adenoma
11. Cavernous Sinus Invasion
12. Hemorrhagic Pituitary Adenoma
13. Pituitary Apoplexy
14. Acromegaly
15. Cushing Disease
16. Silent Corticotroph Pituitary Adenoma
17. Pituitary Carcinoma
18. Ectopic Pituitary Adenoma
19. Rathke Cleft Cyst: Asymptomatic
20. Rathke Cleft Cyst: Symptomatic and Complicated
21. Pituitary Adenoma and Concomitant Sellar Lesions
22. Craniopharyngioma
23. Pre- and Suprasellar Meningiomas
24. Cavernous Sinus Meningioma
25. Intraoperative MRI
26. The Early Postoperative Sella
27. The Late Postoperative Sella
28. Complications of Pituitary Surgery
29. The Pituitary Gland After Radiation Therapy
30. Chiasmatic and Hypothalamic Gliomas
31. Suprasellar Germinoma
32. Melanoma
33. Pituitary Metastases
34. Sellar and Suprasellar Lymphoma
35. Cavernous Sinus Lesions
36. Primary Neurohypophyseal Glial Tumors
37. Chordoma and Chondroma/Chondrosarcoma
38. Hamartoma of the Tuber Cinereum
39. Sphenoid Mucocele
40. Primary Hypophysitis
41. Pituitary in Systemic Diseases
42. Pituitary Abscess
43. Empty Sella
44. Sheehan Syndrome
45. Pituitary Hyperplasia and Primary Hypothyroidism
46. Intracranial Hypotension Syndrome
47. Pituitary Hemochromatosis
48. Arachnoid Cyst
49. Epidermoid Cyst
50. Dermoid Cyst
51. Neurenteric Cyst
52. “Incidentalomas”. Posterior Pituitary Cyst
53. The Ectopic Posterior Lobe
54. Lipoma
55. Rare T1 Hyperintensities of the Anterior Pituitary Gland
56. Craniopharyngeal Canal and Meningocele
57. Pituitary Gland Duplication and Triplication
58. The Sellar Spine
59. Vascular Variants of the Sellar Region
60. Aneurysms
61. Trauma of the Pituitary Region

This clinically oriented book will familiarize the reader with all aspects of the diagnosis of tumors and other disorders of the pituitary gland by means of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The coverage includes acromegaly, Cushing’s disease, Rathke cleft cysts, prolactinomas, incidentalomas, nonsecreting adenomas, other lesions of the sellar area, hypophysitis, and central diabetes insipidus. Normal radiologic anatomy and the numerous normal variants are described, and guidance is also provided on difficulties, artifacts, and other pitfalls. The book combines concise text and high-quality images with a question and answer format geared toward the needs of the practitioner. MRI is today considered the cornerstone in the diagnosis of diseases of the hypophyseal-hypothalamic region but the relatively small size of the pituitary gland, its deep location, the many normal anatomic variants, and the often tiny size of lesions can hinder precise evaluation of the anatomic structures and particularly the pituitary gland itself. Radiologists and endocrinologists will find MRI of the Pituitary Gland to be full of helpful information on this essential examination, and the book will also be of interest to internists and neurosurgeons.

Features
• Covers all aspects of MRI diagnosis of disorders of the pituitary gland
• Describes normal variants
• Identifies artifacts and pitfalls
• Features a helpful question and answer format

Author
J.-F.Bonneville is a Professor of Neuroradiology, former Head of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at the University Hospital of Besançon, France. He is presently an Invited Professor in Professor A.Beckers’ Department of Endocrinology at the University Hospital of Liège, Belgium. Professor J.-F. Bonneville has been involved in imaging of the pituitary region since he was a fellow at the Hospital of Pitié Salpetrière in Paris. He is the author of more than 60 peer review papers solely devoted to CT and MRI of the pituitary gland and of two major books, “Radiology of the Sella Turcica” and “Computed Tomography of the Pituitary Gland”, considered at the time as two essential references. Professor Bonneville is well known for his original approach to the diagnosis of patients suspected of pituitary diseases, in closely combining clinical, biological and imaging data. He is recognized all over the word as an undisputed expert in the field of MRI of the Pituitary Gland.