The height of the Pituitary Gland in Vietnamese
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Abstract
SUMMARY
Purpose: To clarify the normal Pituitary Gland in Vietnamese
with the age and sex related changes.
Methods: Reviewed Sagittal T1WI MRI in 1000 subjects, > 10 yaer olds, Head MRI with GE 1.5 T machine, to analyse the size of the Pituitary Gland.
Results: The data were analyzed for different age ranges,
sex related differences were statistically significant only in the 10 - 19, 20 - 29, 30 - 39, 40 - 49, 50 - 59, 60 - 69 and more 70 year old age groups. There are the differences between male and female. The pituitary height in male subjects maen 4.74 and 5.24 for female. The pituitary height peaked in the 20 - 29 year old age groups and tended to decline with age.
Conclusion: The Pituitary gland height may reflect differences between younger and older subjects and between male and female subjects.
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Keywords
Pituitary gland, MRI of the pituitary grand
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