This technical report presents the application of a post contrast T2-weighted STIR sequence for improved visualization of pituitary adenomas. Although STIR is traditionally employed to null fat signal, it is typically avoided in post-contrast imaging due to the hypointense appearance of both fat and gadolinium enhanced tissues. Our approach exploits this characteristic to render the normal enhancing pituitary gland hypointense, thereby allowing the adenoma to remain hyperintense and thus increasing its conspicuity.
Mark et al. (Fri,) studied this question.