Pituitary CT scan

Pituitary CT examination can exclude pituitary inflammation, tumor and other diseases. Do a plain scan and do an enhanced scan. Scan immediately after injecting the enhanced contrast agent. Before the examination, the CT doctor should be informed of the detailed medical history and various examination results. If you have your own X-ray film, magnetic resonance film and previous CT film, you need to submit it to CT doctor for reference. Observe the guidance of the technicians during the inspection, keep the position and do not move, and cooperate with the examination to calmly breathe, hold your breath, do not swallow, and do not blink your eyes. Basic Information Specialist classification: Oncology examination classification: CT Applicable gender: whether men and women apply fasting: not fasting Tips: Remove the inspection area including underwear with metal materials and various items: headwear, hair clips, earrings, necklaces, jade, coins, belts and keys. Do not take heavy metal drugs within 1 week, do not check for gastrointestinal sputum. Explain to the doctor whether there is a drug allergy, whether you have allergic diseases such as asthma and urticaria. Normal value There was no abnormality in the angiography. Clinical significance Abnormal results can be confirmed by angiography with or without pituitary tumors, tumor size, and invasion of peripheral vascular nerves. Patients who need to be examined exclude patients with lesions such as pituitary inflammation and tumors. Precautions Taboo before inspection: 1. Before the examination, the CT doctor should be informed of the detailed medical history and various examination results. If you have your own saved X-ray film, magnetic resonance film and previous CT film, you need to submit it to CT doctor for reference. 2, to explain to the doctor whether there is drug allergy, whether it has asthma, urticaria and other allergic diseases. 3, remove the inspection site clothing including underwear with metal materials and various items: such as headwear, hairpins, earrings, necklaces, jade, coins, belts and keys. 4, if CT enhanced scan or children, unconscious, need to be accompanied by healthy people. 5, CT enhanced scan If you use ion contrast agent, you need to do intravenous injection of contrast agent iodine allergy test, no response after 20 minutes, before you can check. 6, do not take heavy metal drugs within 1 week, do not do gastrointestinal tincture examination. Patients who have been tested for expectorant need to wait for the sputum to empty; if they are eager to have a CT examination, they should be treated with a cleansing enema or oral laxative to sputum. Requirements for inspection: 1. Obey the instructions of the technicians during the inspection, keep the position and do not move, and cooperate with the examination to calmly breathe, hold your breath, do not swallow, and do not blink your eyes. 2. The CT machine is equipped with a walkie-talkie. If there is any discomfort during the examination or an abnormal situation occurs, the doctor should be informed immediately. Inspection process Do a plain scan and do an enhanced scan. Scan immediately after injecting the enhanced contrast agent. Not suitable for the crowd Inappropriate crowd: First, allergies or ionic contrast agents have a history of allergies (such as the use of ionic contrast agents also need to do iodine allergy test). Second, intracranial intraspinal tumors, aneurysms, vascular malformations and infections. Third, there is a history of epilepsy. Fourth, heart, lung, liver, kidney dysfunction. Five, malignant tumor caused by hungry state, hypoproteinemia, water and electrolyte imbalance. Sixth, infants and elderly patients over 60 years old. Seven, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, eosinophilic patients. Eight, some special scanners (such as dynamic scanning of various parts, liver dual-phase / three-phase scanning, CT angiography, etc.).

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