Abstract
The exact location of pituitary tumor may not be determined clearly via conventional tomography and CT, however, MRI showed the entire image of the cysts, even in the case of a small hidden cyst. With MRI multidirectional imaging, the extension of the cysts were easily identified without any image artifacts. MRI was superior to conventional tomography and CT in diagnosing the pituitary tumorsand will be widely used in the future. Recently, treatment to them by very low dose radiation using a radioactive isotope which emits β-rays, 32P inserted into the sella turcica via the sphenoid sinus and destroy in the wall of the tumor, were continued in our department. The patient was a 54 years female, who's chief complaints were blindness in both eye and visual field in the both eye, as well as headache and impotence. Chief complaints quietly to recover and revealed to no evidence tumor after our method. She is living a normal life at present.
