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COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
The evaluation of patients with a suspected pituitary microadenoma: computer tomography compared to magnetic resonance imaging.
Clinical Endocrinology 1992 April
OBJECTIVES: To perform a prospective study to compare the ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computer assisted tomography (CT) to predict the position of a tumour within the pituitary fossa and to assess the clarity of the image generated by the two modalities in patients with suspected pituitary microadenomas.
DESIGN: Nineteen patients were investigated with CT and MRI scans and underwent trans-sphenoidal exploration of the pituitary fossa. Both scans were assessed blind and independently by three neuroradiologists, A, B, and C; A and B examined the CT scans and B and C the MRI scans. The predicted site was then compared to the size and position of the tumour at surgery.
PATIENTS: Twenty-five patients were recruited and had both CT and MRI scans, 19 subsequently underwent trans-sphenoidal exploration of the pituitary fossa and formed the study population.
RESULTS: The joint opinions of A and B of the CT scans were correct in 10/19, and those of B and C of the MRI scans were correct in 17/19 cases, P = 0.008. Observer agreement was used to assess the clarity of the image. A and B agreed about the site of the tumour on the CT scan in 14 of 19 cases (Kappa statistic 0.556); B and C agreed on the MRI scans in 19/19 cases (Kappa statistic 1), P = 0.025. After the exclusion of five cases found to be macroadenomas at surgery, the joint opinions of A and B of the CT scans were correct in 8/14, and those of B and C of the MRI scans were correct in 12/14 cases, P = 0.133. A and B agreed about the site of the tumour on the CT scan in 12/14 cases (Kappa statistic 0.653), B and C agreed on the MRI scans in 14/14 cases (Kappa statistic 1, no significant difference).
CONCLUSIONS: In the assessment of suspected pituitary microadenomas MRI is the imaging technique of choice in view both of its greater diagnostic accuracy and the avoidance of radiation exposure.
DESIGN: Nineteen patients were investigated with CT and MRI scans and underwent trans-sphenoidal exploration of the pituitary fossa. Both scans were assessed blind and independently by three neuroradiologists, A, B, and C; A and B examined the CT scans and B and C the MRI scans. The predicted site was then compared to the size and position of the tumour at surgery.
PATIENTS: Twenty-five patients were recruited and had both CT and MRI scans, 19 subsequently underwent trans-sphenoidal exploration of the pituitary fossa and formed the study population.
RESULTS: The joint opinions of A and B of the CT scans were correct in 10/19, and those of B and C of the MRI scans were correct in 17/19 cases, P = 0.008. Observer agreement was used to assess the clarity of the image. A and B agreed about the site of the tumour on the CT scan in 14 of 19 cases (Kappa statistic 0.556); B and C agreed on the MRI scans in 19/19 cases (Kappa statistic 1), P = 0.025. After the exclusion of five cases found to be macroadenomas at surgery, the joint opinions of A and B of the CT scans were correct in 8/14, and those of B and C of the MRI scans were correct in 12/14 cases, P = 0.133. A and B agreed about the site of the tumour on the CT scan in 12/14 cases (Kappa statistic 0.653), B and C agreed on the MRI scans in 14/14 cases (Kappa statistic 1, no significant difference).
CONCLUSIONS: In the assessment of suspected pituitary microadenomas MRI is the imaging technique of choice in view both of its greater diagnostic accuracy and the avoidance of radiation exposure.
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