Afshin Nejad Jahantigh

Department of Radiology, Faculty of Paramedicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

Publications

• Mini Review   
  Role of MR imaging in the evaluation of pituitary lesions
  Author(s): Hadi Nakhzari Moghadam, Zeinab Yazdi Sotoodeh* and Afshin Nejad Jahantigh
  
  Pituitary gland plays a central role in body growth, metabolism, and reproductive function. Pituitary lesions, albeit relatively infrequent, can significantly alter the quality of life. The sellar and parasellar region is an anatomically complex area where a number of neoplastic, infectious, inflammatory, developmental and vascular pathologies can occur. Differentiation among various etiologies may not always be easy, since many of these lesions may mimic the clinical, endocrinologic and radiologic presentations of pituitary adenomas. The diagnosis of sellar lesions involves a multidisciplinary effort, and detailed endocrinologic, ophthalmologic and neurologic testing are essential. CT and, mainly, MRI are the imaging modalities to study and characterise normal anatomy and the majority of pathologic processes in this region. Recent advances in neuroimaging helps the radiologists and e.. Read More»
  

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