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Figure 5: Postoperative T1-weighted coronal MRI images of one patient from group C: A) At 3 months showing opacification of the pituitary fossa with hyper-intense fat signal protruding inside sphenoid sinus in addition to an area with mixed iso- and hypo-intensity on right and superior part of the pituitary fossa, suspected residual adenoma. B) The same patient after 10 months showing reduced size of intrasellar fat interlaced with iso-intense streaks of fibrous tissue with complete disappearance of the area with suspected residual adenoma.