ea0065p289 | Neuroendocrinology | SFEBES2019
Gul Fidan
, Stiles Craig
, Dorward Neil
, Grieve Joan
, Druce Maralyn
, Akker Scott
, Waterhouse Mona
, Evanson Jane
, Drake William
Tumour localisation in Cushings disease (CD) can be challenging; most are microadenomas and 50% are <5 mm in diameter. They are, therefore, often difficult to detect by conventional MRI. Volumetric MRI (3D-SGE, spoiled-gradient echo 3D sequence) is a high spatial resolution scanning technique which uses very thin slices (1 mm). Theoretically, this increases the probability of finding small pituitary lesions when compared to conventional (spin-echo, SE) MRI techniques...