"Empty Sella Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition when the SELLA TURCICA is not filled with pituitary tissue. The pituitary gland is either compressed, atrophied, or removed. There are two types: (1) primary empty sella is due a defect in the sella diaphragm leading to arachnoid herniation into the sellar space; (2) secondary empty sella is associated with the removal or treatment of PITUITARY NEOPLASMS.
| Descriptor ID |
D004652
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.617.738.200 C19.700.320
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| Concept/Terms |
Empty Sella Syndrome- Empty Sella Syndrome
- Empty Sella Syndromes
- Empty Sella Turcica
- Empty Sella Turcicas
- Sella Turcica, Empty
- Sella Turcicas, Empty
- Empty Sella Turcica Syndrome
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Empty Sella Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Case Report: The Specter of Untreated Congenital Hypothyroidism in Immigrant Families. Pediatrics. 2016 05; 137(5).
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Endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal chiasmapexy using a clival cranial base cranioplasty for visual loss from massive empty sella following macroprolactinoma treatment with bromocriptine: case report. J Neurosurg. 2016 Apr; 124(4):1025-31.
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VSX1 (RINX) mutation with craniofacial anomalies, empty sella, corneal endothelial changes, and abnormal retinal and auditory bipolar cells. Ophthalmology. 2004 Apr; 111(4):828-36.
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Metrizamide cisternography with hypocycloid and computed tomography in sellar and suprasellar lesions. Clin Radiol. 1981 Jul; 32(4):403-7.
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Pituitary function in patients with enlarged sella turcica and primary empty sella syndrome. Acta Med Scand. 1981; 209(1-2):31-5.
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Diagnosis of primary empty sella syndrome by computed tomography. Ann Clin Res. 1979 Aug; 11(4):125-8.