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CT after transsphenoidal surgery

Abstract

Two hundred and ten CT studies of 95 patients after transsphenoidal surgery were reviewed. Spheno-ethmoid opacificaiton, intrasellar hematoma and gas bubbles were noted within 2 weeks after surgery. Bone defect of the sellar floor and bone stent were seen on coronal scans in most cases. The packing material frequently disappeared on follow-up studies. Hormonal assessment of the functioning tumor, according to which the effect of treatment was evaluated, was correlated with CT findings. Because differentiation between postoperative changes and residual mass was difficult, there was no definite CT criteria to indicate residual functioning tumor except upward convexity of the diaphragma sellae on CT more than 3 months after surgery. Initial follow up CT study is recommended to be performed at about 3 months after surgery, at which time the immediate postoperative inflammatory changes have been disappeared. The incidence of recurrence was 3/47 (6%), which was shown on follow-up CT from 4 to 10 years after surgery. Therefore, subsequent CT study should be done in every year or two, taking the clinical symptoms and hormonal data into consideration. (author).
Authors:
Tazawa, Satoru [1] 
  1. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan). School of Medicine
Publication Date:
Mar 01, 1991
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
JPN-91-006291; EDB-91-102041
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Nippon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi (Nippon Acta Radiologica); (Japan); Journal Volume: 51:3
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; AUDITORY ORGANS; CAT SCANNING; ADENOMAS; HEMORRHAGE; INFLAMMATION; PITUITARY GLAND; SINUSES; SURGERY; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SENSE ORGANS; SYMPTOMS; TOMOGRAPHY; 550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)
OSTI ID:
5612927
Country of Origin:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0048-0428; CODEN: NHGZA
Submitting Site:
JPN
Size:
Pages: 234-244
Announcement Date:
Aug 15, 1991

Citation Formats

Tazawa, Satoru. CT after transsphenoidal surgery. Japan: N. p., 1991. Web.
Tazawa, Satoru. CT after transsphenoidal surgery. Japan.
Tazawa, Satoru. 1991. "CT after transsphenoidal surgery." Japan.
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title = {CT after transsphenoidal surgery}
author = {Tazawa, Satoru}
abstractNote = {Two hundred and ten CT studies of 95 patients after transsphenoidal surgery were reviewed. Spheno-ethmoid opacificaiton, intrasellar hematoma and gas bubbles were noted within 2 weeks after surgery. Bone defect of the sellar floor and bone stent were seen on coronal scans in most cases. The packing material frequently disappeared on follow-up studies. Hormonal assessment of the functioning tumor, according to which the effect of treatment was evaluated, was correlated with CT findings. Because differentiation between postoperative changes and residual mass was difficult, there was no definite CT criteria to indicate residual functioning tumor except upward convexity of the diaphragma sellae on CT more than 3 months after surgery. Initial follow up CT study is recommended to be performed at about 3 months after surgery, at which time the immediate postoperative inflammatory changes have been disappeared. The incidence of recurrence was 3/47 (6%), which was shown on follow-up CT from 4 to 10 years after surgery. Therefore, subsequent CT study should be done in every year or two, taking the clinical symptoms and hormonal data into consideration. (author).}
journal = []
volume = {51:3}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Japan}
year = {1991}
month = {Mar}
}