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ABSTRACT
The empty sella is one of the structural lesions leading to hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction and visual disturbances. In this study we evaluated the frequency of empty sella and other possible central nervous system abnormalities in 27 children with hypothalamic or pituitary dysfunction. Thirteen patients had isolated partial growth hormone (GH) deficiency, 7 had isolated GH deficiency, 4 had multiple hipophyseal hormones deficiency, 1 had isolated total GH deficiency-t- hypo thyroidism, 1 had neurosecretory dysfunction, and 1 had precocious puberty. in all patients cranial/hipophyseal CT and/or MRI seans were obtained and 6 of them were determined as being pathologic, three of them were empty sella, one of them had arachnoid cyst, one of them had Dandy Walker cyst and one of them had hamartoma.
The empty sella is one of the structural lesions leading to hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction and visual disturbances. In this study we evaluated the frequency of empty sella and other possible central nervous system abnormalities in 27 children with hypothalamic or pituitary dysfunction. Thirteen patients had isolated partial growth hormone (GH) deficiency, 7 had isolated GH deficiency, 4 had multiple hipophyseal hormones deficiency, 1 had isolated total GH deficiency-t- hypo thyroidism, 1 had neurosecretory dysfunction, and 1 had precocious puberty. in all patients cranial/hipophyseal CT and/or MRI seans were obtained and 6 of them were determined as being pathologic, three of them were empty sella, one of them had arachnoid cyst, one of them had Dandy Walker cyst and one of them had hamartoma.