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A condition when the SELLA TURCICA is not filled with pituitary tissue. The pituitary gland is either compressed, atrophied, or removed. There are two types: (1) primary empty sella is due a defect in the sella diaphragm leading to arachnoid herniation into the sellar space; (2) secondary empty sella is associated with the removal or treatment of PITUITARY NEOPLASMS.
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- Empty Sella Turcica
- Empty Sella Turcica Syndrome
- Empty Sella Syndromes
- Empty Sella Turcicas
- Sella Turcica, Empty
- Sella Turcicas, Empty
- Empty Sella Syndrome, Primary
- Empty Sella Syndrome, Secondary
- Primary Empty Sella Syndrome
- Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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1978
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- Sella Turcica (1966-1977)
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- National Library of Medicine. Empty Sella Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004652. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004652
- Empty Sella Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_sella_syndrome
- Empty Sella Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339466