title: [Empty sella syndrome].
abstract: The authors present two middle-aged female patients with empty sella revealed at imaging studies (CT, MRI). Their main complaint was severe fronto-parietal and fronto-temporal headache. Physical examination showed obesity, hypertension, and local hypersensitivity on deep palpation and percussion in the above-mentioned regions, in both cases. Endocrine function of pituitary gland, visual fields and fundi were normal as was EEG. The CSF composition and pressure also showed no abnormalities. The diagnostic and therapeutic problems of empty sella syndrome are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Neurologii Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kułakowska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kochanowicz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Drozdowski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed