Syndrome de la selle turcique vide: à propos d’un cas

Empty sella syndrome is a condition in which the sella turcica is partially or totally filled with cerebrospinal fluid causing a displacement of the pituitary gland. We here report the case of a 49-year old obese patient with progressive headaches, physical asthenia and hypothyroidism. Brain scanner...

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Autores principales: Izizag, Benilde Bepouka, Ngandu, Aaron, Mbiso, Daddy Liombo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31692756
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.317.17423
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author Izizag, Benilde Bepouka
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description Empty sella syndrome is a condition in which the sella turcica is partially or totally filled with cerebrospinal fluid causing a displacement of the pituitary gland. We here report the case of a 49-year old obese patient with progressive headaches, physical asthenia and hypothyroidism. Brain scanner showed empty sella syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-68155212019-11-05 Syndrome de la selle turcique vide: à propos d’un cas Izizag, Benilde Bepouka Ngandu, Aaron Mbiso, Daddy Liombo Pan Afr Med J Case Report Empty sella syndrome is a condition in which the sella turcica is partially or totally filled with cerebrospinal fluid causing a displacement of the pituitary gland. We here report the case of a 49-year old obese patient with progressive headaches, physical asthenia and hypothyroidism. Brain scanner showed empty sella syndrome. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6815521/ /pubmed/31692756 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.317.17423 Text en © Benilde Bepouka Izizag et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. 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 work is properly cited.
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Syndrome de la selle turcique vide: à propos d’un cas
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31692756
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