empty sella syndrome

Most individuals with empty sella syndrome do not have any associated symptoms.

Erdos was suffering from the rare empty sella syndrome.

Empty sella syndrome is the condition of a shrunken or flattened pituitary gland.

In empty sella syndrome, the malformed sella turcica is often either partially or completely filled with cerebrospinal fluid.

Empty sella syndrome, a boney structure that surround the pituitary gland, occurs in CSF leak patients.

His troubles began in 1994 when he was found to have a pituitary gland problem that brought on the rare empty sella syndrome, which sidelined him for more than a year.

Empty sella syndrome (abbreviated ESS) is a disorder that involves the sella turcica "Turkish Saddle", a bony structure at the base of the brain that surrounds and protects the pituitary gland.

Empty sella syndrome may occur as a primary disorder, for which the cause is unknown (idiopathic), or as a secondary disorder, in which it occurs due to an underlying condition or disorder such as a pituitary tumor or trauma in the pituitary region.