Empty sella following spontaneous resolution of a pituitary macroadenoma

Hormone Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-52

  Weiss, Roy E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MC 3090   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoplexy; Hypopituitarism; Magnetic resonance imaging, empty sella; Secondary hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; NITRATE; PROTIRELIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AGED; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALACTORRHEA; GOUT; HEADACHE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFUNDIBULUM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OPTIC CHIASM; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; STROKE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TINNITUS; TUMOR VOLUME; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADENOMA; AGED; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037603590     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070827     Document Type: Article

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