title: [Empty sella syndrome in childhood].
abstract: 6 cases of the primary empty sella syndrome, 5 boys and 1 girl aged from 1 to 22 years, are being treated. The patients became suspicious due to a deficiency of pituitary hormones, whereby a lack of growth hormone was most common. 5 patients were short of growth; in provocative tests all 6 children showed either a partial or a complete deficiency of growth hormone. 2 patients had secondary hypothyroidism, 2 hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Sceletal maturation was retarded between 2/12 and 4 4/12 years in all cases. All patients underwent a skull roentgenogram. An enlargement of the sella turcica was found in the case of one boy only. The findings of the other 5 children were inconspicious. For all patients the diagnosis was testified by a cranial computer-tomography.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Innsbruck.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Unsinn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glatzl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001120:Arginine; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007328:Insulin; D008297:Male; D010901:Pituitary Function Tests / Q000379:methods; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D001120:Arginine
vernacular_title: Das Empty-Sella-Syndrom im Kindesalter.