DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i01.069

Pages: 382-385

Pituitary gland plays a central role in body’s growth, metabolism, and reproductive function. The size of pituitary gland is of great importance. It varies with age with different pathologies most commonly with pituitary adenomas. That’s why documenting its size in the normal population is of great importance to differentiate normal from abnormal. This study aims to produce some standard reference values for the dimensions of the gland the height, width, depth and volume of the gland were calculated using MRI as the technique of choice on a 0.5T machine using turbo spin echo sequence in a group of 50 patients visiting a private diagnostic center. These patients showed no signs of any pituitary anomaly. Our results showed mean pituitary height for males, females and total subjects (Mean+SD) 6.00±2.3, 6.29±1.87, 6.14±2.47 respectively. Our study showed values in accordance with the studies conducted internationally for the normal values of pituitary. In addition to this we formulated relations between the gland’s dimensions with age and gender.