title: The primary empty-sella syndrome and diabetes insipidus in a child.
abstract: The empty-sella syndrome is uncommon in pediatric patients. Hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction is common in these patients but involvement of the posterior pituitary gland is very rare. We report a seven-year-old girl with empty-sella syndrome who first developed arginine-vasopressin deficient diabetes insipidus and then anterior pituitary gland deficiency. The empty-sella syndrome should be included among the causes of arginine-vasopressin deficient diabetes insipidus in pediatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Fitz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology*; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography