Evaluation of MRI Criteria for Cavernous Sinus Invasion in Pituitary Macroadenoma

This study was designed to evaluate various magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) criteria for cavernous sinus (CS) invasion in preoperative evaluation of pituitary macroadenoma.

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