Abstract:
The main objective of the study to determine normal pituitary gland
Dimension in Sudanese population. In addition to correlate the
findings with age and gender. The study examined 101 subjects aged
between 10-90 years in both gender (41 males and 60 Females) were
included in the study, all were diagnosed as normal brain MRI when
the measurement was done. Data were collected at Merowe Medical
City in North of Sudan from September 2019 to February 2020. A
reference image was obtained for the T1 arrow, length and width
measurements were taken for the pituitary gland. All measurements
were taken in millimeters. The relationship between the dimensions
of the pituitary gland with age and sex was studied. The study
concluded that there is an association between age and measurement
of the width of the pituitary gland and the no association between
age and measurement of the length of the pituitary gland. The study
concluded that the general measurement of the average width of the
pituitary gland increases with age. And that measuring the average
length of the pituitary gland increased at the age of 7-40 and 70-80
but decreased in middle age 40-70.And that the general
measurement of the average width and length of the pituitary gland
in females is more than that of males. The study recommended that
further study should be done with larger sample of population for
more accurate result, volumetric measurement may give more
information than dimension measurement.
