ea0090oc3.3 | Oral Communications 3: Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology 1 | ECE2023
Pruis Ilanah
, Balvers Rutger
, Harteveld Anita
, Feelders Richard
, Vernooij Meike
, Smits Marion
, Verburg Erik
, van Zanten Sophie Veldhuijzen
, Neggers Sebastian
Background: Small functional pituitary adenomas can cause severely disabling symptoms and early death, however, surgical planning is often complicated due to inconclusive diagnostic MRI in up to 40% of patients and therefore hamper cure rates. We here introduce a novel method for the detection of small functional pituitary adenoma by O-(2-[18F]-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine ([18F]FET) PET-MRI.Methods: Patients with Cushings disease (CD) or acromegaly wit...