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Endocrine System Diseases > Pituitary Diseases > Empty Sella Syndrome
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Hypothalamic Diseases > Pituitary Diseases > Empty Sella Syndrome

Preferred term

Empty Sella Syndrome  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Empty Sella Turcica
  • Empty Sella Turcicas
  • Empty Sella Turcica Syndrome
  • Sella Turcica, Empty
  • Sella Turcicas, Empty

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 1978

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004652

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