Pituitary Macroadenoma and Visual Impairment: Postoperative Outcome Prediction with Contrast-Enhanced FIESTA.

S Hisanaga S Kakeda J Yamamoto Keita Watanabe J Moriya T Nagata Yoshihisa Fujino H Kondo S Nishizawa Y Korogi

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2017)

The degree of the optic nerve kinking angle was an independent predictor of postoperative improvement, indicating that irreversible damage to the optic nerve may be associated with its kinking at the optic canal orifice.

Keyphrases

optic nerve
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted
optical coherence tomography
patients undergoing
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
diffusion weighted imaging
oxidative stress
high resolution
dual energy
growth hormone