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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pituitary. 2016 Jun;19(3):286–292. doi: 10.1007/s11102-016-0706-5

Table 2.

Summary of MRI Studies and Pituitary Tumor Consistency

Study N MRI Modality N Firm (%) Correlation
Yamamoto et al 2014 29 CE-BSSGES 5 (17) Yes
Alimohamadi et al 2014 30 DW 6 (20) No
Bahyleyan et al 2006 80 T2W 12 (15) No
Mahmoud et al 2010 24 DW 4 (17) No
Pierallini et al 2006 22 DW 4 (18) Yes
Thomas et al 2014 31 DW 6 (19) Yes

CE-BSSES= contrast-enhanced balanced steady-state gradient echo sequence; DW= diffusion weighted; T2W= T2 weighted