Guo Yi, Deng Ling, Chen Li, et al. Alterations in size of pituitary gland in patients with Alzheimer’s disease process:a preliminary MR imaging study. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 42(6):695-699(2017)
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Guo Yi, Deng Ling, Chen Li, et al. Alterations in size of pituitary gland in patients with Alzheimer’s disease process:a preliminary MR imaging study. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 42(6):695-699(2017) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.001285.
Alterations in size of pituitary gland in patients with Alzheimer’s disease process:a preliminary MR imaging study
Objective:To preliminarily study size alterations of pituitary gland in patients with Alzheimer’s disease(AD)process by MRI. Methods:Brain MRI scans in total of 118 subjects including 41 normal controls(NC group)
36 patients with mild cognitive impair ment(MCI group) and 41 patients with Alzheimer’s disease(AD group) were obtained. Dimensions of anteroposterior
width
height
length of the stalk of the pituitary gland and the volume were measured and standardized
and then group comparisons were statistically obtained. Results:The standardized anteroposterior diameter of the pituitary gland in MCI group were larger than that in NC group(t=3.882
P=0.000)and in AD group(t=5.533
P=0.000). The standardized volume of the pituitary gland in MCI group were larger than in NC group(t=2.192
P=0.030)and in AD group(t=2.223
P=0.028). There was no difference in the standardized width
height and length of the stalk of the pituitary gland between NC group and MCI group(P >0.05)
There were no differences in the standardized width
height and length of the stalk of the pituitary gland between MCI group and AD group(P>0.05). Conclusion:The size of the pituitary gland in MCI is larger than that in NC and in AD
suggesting that the pituitary gland could increase slightly in MCI stage of AD process.
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