MRI pituitary gland sagittal T1 post contrast - labeling questions

Case contributed by Craig Hacking
Diagnosis not applicable

Normal MR pit (with labels)

Annotated image

The labeled structures are (excluding the correct side):

  1. canalicular segment of optic nerve
  2. laceral segment of internal carotid artery
  3. head of caudate nucleus
  4. thalamus
  5. cavernous segment of internal carotid artery
  6. body of lateral ventricle
  7. anterior arch of C1 (atlas)
  8. optic tract
  9. cisternal segment of optic nerve
  10. cavernous sinus
  11. inferior colliculus
  12. posterior clinoid process
  13. fourth ventricle
  14. premedullary cistern
  15. body of corpus callosum
  16. mamillary body
  17. anterior pituitary gland
  18. medulla oblongata
  19. genu of corpus callosum
  20. internal cerebral veins
  21. A2 (post communicating) segment of anterior cerebral artery
  22. cerebral aqueduct (of Sylvius)
  23. suprasellar cistern
  24. dorsum sellae
  25. basilar artery
  26. callosomarginal artery
  27. quadrigeminal plate cistern
  28. hypothalamus
  29. optic chiasm
  30. interpeduncular cistern
  31. pituitary stalk
  32. posterior pituitary gland
  33. superior colliculus
  34. tuberculum sellae
  35. pons
  36. clivus
  37. splenium of corpus callosum
  38. A1 (pre communicating) segment of anterior cerebral artery
  39. prepontine cistern
  40. nasopharynx
  41. ophthalmic segment of internal carotid artery
  42. sphenoid sinus
  43. terminal segment of internal carotid artery
  44. cerebral peduncle (crus)
  45. cavernous segment of internal carotid artery
  46. M1 (horizontal) segment of middle cerebral artery
  47. middle cerebellar peduncle

Normal MR pit (without labels)

mri

The same normal pituitary MRI T1 with contrast without labels for reference.

Case Discussion

The labeled structures are (excluding the correct side):

  1. canalicular segment of optic nerve
  2. laceral segment of internal carotid artery
  3. head of caudate nucleus
  4. thalamus
  5. cavernous segment of internal carotid artery
  6. body of lateral ventricle
  7. anterior arch of C1 (atlas)
  8. optic tract
  9. cisternal segment of optic nerve
  10. cavernous sinus
  11. inferior colliculus
  12. posterior clinoid process
  13. fourth ventricle
  14. premedullary cistern
  15. body of corpus callosum
  16. mamillary body
  17. anterior pituitary gland
  18. medulla oblongata
  19. genu of corpus callosum
  20. internal cerebral veins
  21. A2 (post communicating) segment of anterior cerebral artery
  22. cerebral aqueduct (of Sylvius)
  23. suprasellar cistern
  24. dorsum sellae
  25. basilar artery
  26. callosomarginal artery
  27. quadrigeminal plate cistern
  28. hypothalamus
  29. optic chiasm
  30. interpeduncular cistern
  31. pituitary stalk
  32. posterior pituitary gland
  33. superior colliculus
  34. tuberculum sellae
  35. pons
  36. clivus
  37. splenium of corpus callosum
  38. A1 (pre communicating) segment of anterior cerebral artery
  39. prepontine cistern
  40. nasopharynx
  41. ophthalmic segment of internal carotid artery
  42. sphenoid sinus
  43. terminal segment of internal carotid artery
  44. cerebral peduncle (crus)
  45. cavernous segment of internal carotid artery
  46. M1 (horizontal) segment of middle cerebral artery
  47. middle cerebellar peduncle

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