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Retrospection of Seldom-Known Causes and Presentations of Partial Empty Sella Syndrome
Pituitary gland shrinkage or flattening obscures it from view on an MRI, giving the impression that it is an empty sella. On the other hand, if some viable pituitary gland tissue is still seen on the MRI scan, a diagnosis of partial empty sella can be made. Diminished physiological and functional re...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544456/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37791188 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44494 |
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author | Khanna, Kushagra Khanna, Rajika Kumar, Sunil |
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description | Pituitary gland shrinkage or flattening obscures it from view on an MRI, giving the impression that it is an empty sella. On the other hand, if some viable pituitary gland tissue is still seen on the MRI scan, a diagnosis of partial empty sella can be made. Diminished physiological and functional reserve in the elderly can result in a bad prognosis if not treated early. Therefore, there is a need to become familiar with fewer known causes and presentations of the empty sella or partial empty sella syndrome in older patients. We report a case of a 71-year-old female with multiple known ailments presenting with hypotension as the sole symptom. It urged us to investigate further and reach the root cause as partial empty sella syndrome with panhypopituitarism. |
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spelling | pubmed-105444562023-10-03 Retrospection of Seldom-Known Causes and Presentations of Partial Empty Sella Syndrome Khanna, Kushagra Khanna, Rajika Kumar, Sunil Cureus Internal Medicine Pituitary gland shrinkage or flattening obscures it from view on an MRI, giving the impression that it is an empty sella. On the other hand, if some viable pituitary gland tissue is still seen on the MRI scan, a diagnosis of partial empty sella can be made. Diminished physiological and functional reserve in the elderly can result in a bad prognosis if not treated early. Therefore, there is a need to become familiar with fewer known causes and presentations of the empty sella or partial empty sella syndrome in older patients. We report a case of a 71-year-old female with multiple known ailments presenting with hypotension as the sole symptom. It urged us to investigate further and reach the root cause as partial empty sella syndrome with panhypopituitarism. Cureus 2023-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10544456/ /pubmed/37791188 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44494 Text en Copyright © 2023, Khanna et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Khanna, Kushagra Khanna, Rajika Kumar, Sunil Retrospection of Seldom-Known Causes and Presentations of Partial Empty Sella Syndrome |
title | Retrospection of Seldom-Known Causes and Presentations of Partial Empty Sella Syndrome |
title_full | Retrospection of Seldom-Known Causes and Presentations of Partial Empty Sella Syndrome |
title_fullStr | Retrospection of Seldom-Known Causes and Presentations of Partial Empty Sella Syndrome |
title_full_unstemmed | Retrospection of Seldom-Known Causes and Presentations of Partial Empty Sella Syndrome |
title_short | Retrospection of Seldom-Known Causes and Presentations of Partial Empty Sella Syndrome |
title_sort | retrospection of seldom-known causes and presentations of partial empty sella syndrome |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544456/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37791188 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44494 |
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