Increased Pituitary Volumes in Children after Fontan Operation: Congestion in the Other Portal Circulation.

Muneuchi, Jun; Nagatomo, Yusaku; Okada, Seigo; Iida, Chiaki; Shirozu, Hiromitsu; Sugitani, Yuichiro; Watanabe, Mamie · J Pediatr · 2018

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

We performed brain magnetic resonance imaging in 40 patients after the Fontan procedure and 40 control subjects. Pituitary volumes in patients after Fontan were significantly larger than those in the control subjects (472 [425-527] vs 257 [182-311]; P < .0001), and were significantly related to central venous pressure.

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