Empty Sella Syndrome
"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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Zull DN, Falko JM. Metrizamide cisternography in the investigation of the empty sella syndrome. Arch Intern Med. 1981 Mar; 141(4):487-9.