Rare case of symptomatic empty sella syndrome in a patient treated with intrathecal chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia
| Autor: | Rahul Khamar, Jonathon Kyriakides, Raees Lunat, Ruhaid Khurram |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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lcsh:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Pituitary gland medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:R895-920 Empty sella syndrome Case Report 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cerebrospinal fluid Magnetic resonance imaging medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Hypophyseal fossa Computed tomography medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Head injury Myeloid leukemia medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Sella turcica Etiology Radiology business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Radiology Case Reports, Vol 15, Iss 11, Pp 2192-2195 (2020) Radiology Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 1930-0433 |
| Popis: | The sella turcica is the normal neuroanatomical location of the pituitary gland. Empty sella syndrome (ESS) is a rare condition in which the sella turcica is partially or completely filled with cerebrospinal fluid. It is a radiological diagnosis that is often made incidentally following imaging for another reason (eg, to exclude intracranial hemorrhage following head injury) or as part of the work-up when investigating a patient's neurological symptoms. ESS can be classified as primary or secondary, depending on the identification of underlying etiologies. We report the highly unusual case of a 74-year-old patient who presented with progressive neurological disturbance many years after receiving intrathecal chemotherapy. Clinical assessment (including cross-sectional imaging) led to a diagnosis of secondary ESS. |
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