Large empty sella with an intrasellar herniation of an elongated third ventricle. Case report.
A 73-year-old female presented with a large empty sella with herniation of an elongated third ventricle concomitant with herniation of the surrounding subarachnoid space into the sella, manifesting as visual impairment and amenorrhea without galactorrhea. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography cisternography clearly showed the large empty sella, without evidence of either hydrocephalus or benign intracranial hypertension, which is extremely rare.
Department of Neurosurgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama.
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Osada
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Miyazawa
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Ohnuki
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Tsuzuki
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Nawashiro
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Shima
D000368:Aged; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*