Factors determining the clinical significance of an "empty" sella turcica

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1125-1131

  Saindane, Amit M ^a   Lim, Paolo P ^a   Aiken, Ashley ^a   Chen, Zhengjia ^b   Hudgins, Patricia A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empty sella turcica; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLATTENED POSTERIOR SCLERA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INCREASED PERIOPTIC NERVE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK FAT THICKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTRUSION OF OPTIC DISC; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCALP THICKNESS; VERTICAL TORTUOSITY OF OPTIC NERVE; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879296434     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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