title: Headache and the primary empty sella syndrome.
abstract: Otolaryngologists frequently encounter patients with complaints of headaches. On occasion, normal physical examination findings may be accompanied by a roentgenographic enlargement of the sella turcica. In the process of evaluation for an intrasellar neoplasm, an "empty sella" is occasionally discovered. Patients with this condition commonly have headaches, although a cause-effect relationship is controversial. Endocrine and visual disturbances, although rare necessitate periodic evaluation of these patients.
mesh_terms: D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed