Incidencia de tumores en la glándula hipófisis diagnosticada por resonancia magnética en pacientes que acudan al departamento de Imagenología Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca, diciembre 2017- junio 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND The neoplasms of the pituitary gland represent between 9 and 12% of all primary tumors of the central nervous system, frequently occurring in the adenohypophysis. To diagnose using images, the gold test is performed, which is magnetic resonance due to its high sensitivity, It allows us to obtain images in a dynamic way. OBJECTIVE The objective in the present project was to determine the incidence of tumors in the pituitary gland diagnosed by magnetic resonance in patients attending the imaging department of the Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca, December 2017- June 2018. METHODOLOGY For this purpose, a descriptive and prospective study was carried out at the Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga in Cuenca city. The universe consisted of patients who had tumor pathology underwent a magnetic resonance imaging study of the pituitary gland. The data collection was carried out using a form designed for that purpose, in addition to the radiological reports and was processed using the SPSS V15.0 programs by absolute frequency and percentage, represented in tables. RESULTS The data were analyzed and the following results were obtained: 59 patients (72.8%) presented tumors of the pituitary gland, of these 74.6% are women. 79.9% of the patients were between 20-64 years old. The most frequent size of pituitary tumors were microadenomas with 74.6%. Pituitary tumors showed an expansion in the intrasellar area with 72.9%. CONCLUSIONS With the research project, the prevalence of pituitary tumors diagnosed by magnetic resonance was determined