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Neurosurgical experience with magnetic resonance imaging in sellar lesions

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41 patients with various sellar and parasellar lesions (pituitary adenomas, meningiomas, optic gliomas, craniopharyngeomas and granulomas), who underwent surgery consecutively, were studied by MRI investigations. In 10 patients post-operative MRI controls were performed. The information obtained by the MRI were compared with the other radiological investigations (especially coronar and axial high resolution CT), and the intra-operative findings. The advantages of MRI in the diagnosis of sellar lesion are demonstrated by exemplary cases.

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  1. R. Oeckler

    Present address: Klinikum Großhadern, Neurochirurgische Klinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

  2. U. Fink

    Present address: Klinikum Großhadern, Radiologische Klinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

  3. B. Mayr

    Present address: Radiologische Klinik Innenstadt der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

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    Oeckler, R., Fink, U. & Mayr, B. Neurosurgical experience with magnetic resonance imaging in sellar lesions. Acta neurochir 81, 3–10 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01456259

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