mri scan for pituitary gland

Several medical conditions can be responsible for the pituitary gland becoming enlarged. Once an enlarged pituitary gland is suspected, the patient is typically referred to an endocrinologist for evaluation and treatment. Treatments can include anything from medication to surgery. The pituitary gland regulates hormones throughout the body. Symptoms of an enlarged gland include frequent headaches, disturbances in vision, excessive sweating, and blood pressure irregularities.

Your doctor did not cover all the pituitary hormones and a CT scan is not normally ordered for pituitary. I do all my pituitary testing at 8am fasting - did you? I would still seek out a pituitary endo - a neuro-endo - at a larger hospital or university.

He was told that it looks like a cyst on his pituitary gland, and to follow up with a neurologist. After reading a ton of information on many websites, it sounds more like, get an answer from a specialist, right away. The hospital recommended he wait 3-4 months and have another scan done, to compare the two, to see if it has grown or changed at all.

All information from the eyes travels to the brain through nerves which pass very close to the pituitary gland. It is important to assess the pituitary with changes in vision including blurred or double vision, loss of vision in one or both eyes, drooping eyelid, or dilated pupil(s). So the doctor has ordered an MRI of your brain -- and specified to pay particular attention to the orbits (area near the eyes) and blood vessels (MRA).

I think I actually had a dynamic MRI of pituitary. I know that the MRI was of the pituitary gland itself in addition to the regular MRI. I'm not sure it was an actual "dynamic" MRI, though. I don't recall that term being used but maybe I just forgot. Lower TSH is hypo?? According to who? I've always been told that I am slightly hyper. Too much conflicting info with all this medical stuff, imo.

Apparently the radiologist made a note for the doctor to look at my pituitary gland so another MRI was ordered with contrast. The neurologist told me that my pituitary gland was on the "larger side of normal." Also, he ordered blood work which revealed that my b12 was on the "lower side of normal." He wanted to put me on small dose of blood pressure medicine for my headaches. I didn't take the medicine and I never went back. Fast forward exactly one year.

Your TSH is low, but not indicative of central - aka pituitary - hypothyroidism. I have it and my TSH is .000x. In general, those with pituitary issues tend to have a lot of symptoms that are not resolved by medications, like high blood pressure or acne (as examples) or strange growth, weight changes (again, examples). It can vary so widely the symptoms go on for pages. Some have a few, some have many. It is not related to the size of the lesion.

Also, I have a problem with my menstruation cycle which is affected by the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland; this in turn causes skin pigmentation along with facial hair growth, I'm a woman. Please Help!!! I'm more concerned about the pain in the back of my head near the brain stem. Hence, I feel like the other situation is somewhat intertwined with the pain in the back of my head. Hope the information given is sufficient for you to help me!

Headaches, dizziness and visual symptoms( which you do not have ) may manifest.This is aptly an indication for a follow up scan of the pituitary gland. Also,your physician was trying to rule out any functional disorder that comes with a pituitary gland tumor.It seems that he has been trying to rule out the joint pains and joint swelling that comes with increased growth hormone secretion. Fibromyalgia comes with a certain criteria.There is no definite test in diagnosing fibromyalgia.

Hello, I have been experiencing a bunch of symptoms that seem to be something like Cushing’s disease for over a year and have been very ill. I received an MRI that said “on coronal T2 imaging, there is a subtle suggestion of an 8mm round mass in the right posterior pituitary gland. This causes minimal bulge in the right side of the suprasellar cistern. Impression: possible right pituitary tumor.

It shows poorly enhancing lesion in posterior aspect of anterior pituitary gland in the midline as compared to the rest of pituitary gland. Optic Chiasma appears normal. Rest normal. Currently, I have on and off headaches, frequent urination problem, hair loss, skin acne, fatigue. I want to know does stress (emotional) causes such sudden increase in size of pituitary adenoma? Also as two measurements are given of adenoma - approx 12.5 x 5.2mm in coronal plane and 6.1 and 4.

Hi, How are you? How was your MRI? I understand your feelings at this time. Pituitary gland tumors are different from brain tumors since the pituitary gland is located under the brain and is separate from the brain. Most often, pituitary gland tumors are noncancerous growths and further evaluation is usually indicated to determine if it affects the surrounding structures which could cause additional symptoms.

There is a seller/suprasellar mass which appears separate from the pituitary gland, displacing the pituitary gland inferiorly and displacing the pituitary stalk posteriorly. This mass is of near fat intensity on precontrast T1 and T2 sequences. There is no definite enhancing component of the mass on postcontrast images. The pituitary itself appears to enhance homogenously without focal lesion.

I had a general MRI of my brain. would this of picked it up? would any of the blood work of picked it up?

Headaches are also associated with pituitary tumors. If they are looking for a pituitary tumor, then the scan should be done with and without contrast and the technique should be *dynamic* in that they should take images while the person is in the machine. That way they can detect tumors by seeing the changes in uptake of the contrast. One of my tumors hid for 12 years until I had a scan like this. When I first had mine, I also had some dizziness and had to take antivert etc.

Due to high Prolactin levels I was sent for an MRI. I got a copy of the report and the scan on a disc today from the imaging office. My OB/GYN got the report back but would not tell me anything...only referred me to a neurosurgeon. Anyone able to understand this? I do understand the 5mm microadenoma but not the 7.5 one or any of the enhanced, stuff. Any information would be greatly appreciated cause it's been 2 weeks and will be another 2 weeks before I see the Neurosurgeon.

MRI of the sella within the range of normal

That prominence may be your pituitary gland is swolled up for some reason, and that CAN be serious if it's a benign tumor growing there or something significant like that. See, that's one of the endocrine glands, the "master gland" so to speak, and it tells the thyroid, adrenals, ovaries, and other glands how much hormone to secrete at what time. Well, if your pituitary doesn't function right, your whole body will react, and you'll get mighty sick.

30/10 2004 Pituitary gland tumour in the right side size 6x6x5 millimetre 06/12 2005 nothing abnorm 16/06 2006 Pituitary gland tumour in the right side size 6x6x5 millimetre 17/12 2008 nothing abnorm 13/08 2009 Pituitary gland tumour in the left side size 4 mm This just doesn't make sence?? Maybe it is in the right side, and maybe Biperiden was made the tumour smaller??

The CT scan did not show the high jugular bulb but it did show a “bulge on my pituitary gland” and an MRI was ordered. I was told that the pituitary bulge could just be coincidental and the MRI was needed to see that area better. I'm now waiting on MRI results -- done 2 days ago.Questions— I keep going back to my dental issues --I had ZERO issues before the dental work. Could these symptoms be caused by TMJ? Would the CT scan showedthe TMJ?

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