ea0059oc4.6 | Clinical highlights | SFEBES2018
Bashari Waiel
, Powlson Andrew
, Senanayake Russell
, Sekaran Arvindh
, Serban Laura
, Koulouri Olympia
, Gillet Daniel
, Cheow Heok
, Mendichovszky Iosif
, Gurnell Mark
Background: Prolactinomas are the commonest hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas. First-line treatment is dopamine agonist (DA) therapy. However, side-effects are increasingly recognised, leading to an increasing consideration of transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) and/or radiotherapy. Co-registration of 11C-methionine Positron Emission Tomography (Met-PET) imaging with Spoiled Gradient Recalled Acquisition MRI (SPGR MRI), referred to in combination as Met-PET/MRI, can aid accurate ...