Primary empty sella syndrome caused by an abnormal dilatation of the optic recess.
A new variety of primary empty sella syndrome is reported. A partial herniation of the optic chiasm into an enlarged empty sella compressed by a dilated optic recess mimicking a cystic tumor was confirmed at operation. The pathogenesis and the treatment of this type of empty sella syndrome are discussed.
Nagata
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Department of Neurosurgery, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Joshita
H
H
Matsui
T
T
Kaizu
H
H
Ishikawa
T
T
Shigeno
T
T
Asano
T
T
D000328:Adult; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography