CORRELATION BETWEEN INCIDENTAL FINDING OF EMPTY SELLA ON BRAIN MRI WITH BODY MASS INDEX AND GRAVIDA IN FEMALE PATIENTSJalood, Samah DhahirAl Bayati, Hasanain AhmedBiochemical & Cellular Archives
On evaluation, she was detected to have impaired blood sugars, dyslipidemia and vitamin insufficiency. MRI brain revealed presence of Empty Sella. Further hormonal analysis was normal. She was treated conservatively and regular follow-up was advised....
It is attached to the bottom of the brain by the pituitary stalk. The pituitary sits in a saddle-like compartment in the skull called the sella turcica. In Latin, it means Turkish seat. When the pituitary gland shrinks or becomes flattened, it cannot be seen on an MRI scan. This makes...
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sella." But the sella is not actually empty. It is often filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF is fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. With empty sella syndrome, CSF has leaked into the sella turcica, putting pressure on the pituitary. This causes the gland to shrink or ...
EMPTY SELLA: IT IS WORTH MENTIONING IN ROUTINE MR BRAIN IMAGING: A REVIEW OF 200 CASES FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALAjmal, RizwanRehan, BushraPanhwar, Imtiaz AliPakistan Journal of Radiology
Traumatic brain injuryPost-traumatic hypopituitarismPituitary dysfunctionHormonal changesEmpty sellaPrevalenceDiagnosisStrategiesTreatmentdoi:10.1016/B978-0-12-823036-7.00005-0Fausto Fama'Alessandro SindoniUlla Feldt-RasmussenSalvatore BenvengaMarianne Klose
PolycythaemiaThrombophiliaWe report the case of a 59?year old woman who presented with a six week history of worsening bifrontal headache. On CT brain the only abnormal finding was a partially empty sella potentially indicative of increased intracranial pressure. MRI found a large cerebral venous ...
On further interrogation patient recalled a recent motor vehicle accident (MVA) a month prior to symptoms developing, without medical evaluation at the time. Brain MRI was completed as part of a central etiology work up demonstrating an empty sella with enlargement of the sella turcica measuring ...
High frequency of empty sella, with gender differences, in the early neuroradiology evaluation of patients with traumatic brain injury. A prospective studydoi:10.1016/j.jcte.2018.12.008Fausto FamaRoberto VitaAlessandro SindoniSalvatore Benvenga