empty sella

empty sella
see under syndrome.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • empty sella syndrome — n a condition in which the subarachnoid space extends into the sella turcica causing it to become filled with cerebrospinal fluid, the pituitary gland is compressed, and the diaphragma sellae is greatly reduced but pituitary function usu. remains …   Medical dictionary

  • Empty-Sella-Syndrom — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 E23.6 Sonstige Störungen der Hypophyse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Empty sella syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 31523 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|253.8 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D004652Empty sella syndrome (abbreviated ESS) is a disorder that involves the sella… …   Wikipedia

  • empty sella syndrome — a congenital malformation of the bony structure (the sella turcica) that houses the pituitary gland such that the space is largely filled with cerebrospinal fluid, which squashes the usually spherical gland into a flattened shape against the… …   Medical dictionary

  • empty sella syndrome — a congenital malformation of the bony structure (the sella turcica) that houses the pituitary gland such that the space is largely filled with cerebrospinal fluid, which squashes the usually spherical gland into a flattened shape against the… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Sella — (ital. für Sattel) steht für: Sella (Dolomiten), ein Bergstock in den Dolomiten Sellajoch, ein Gebirgspass in den Dolomiten Sella (Fluss), ein Fluss in der spanischen Region Asturien Sella (Alicante), ein Ort in der spanischen Provinz Alicante… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sella turcica — Infobox Bone Name = Sella turcica Latin = GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 147 Caption = Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (There is no label for Sella turcica , but Tuberculum sellae and Fossa hypophyseos are visible near center.) Caption2 = Medial wall… …   Wikipedia

  • sella — SYN: saddle (1). [L. saddle] empty s. a s. turcica, often enlarged, that contains no discernible pituitary gland; may be primarily due to an incompetent sellar diaphragm with compression of the pituitary gland by herniating arachnoid or… …   Medical dictionary

  • Пустое турецкое седло — Пустое турецкое седло …   Википедия

  • Ayub K. Ommaya — Ayub Khan Ommaya Born April 14, 1930 Mian Chanu Punjab, Pakistan. Died July 11, 2008(2008 07 11) (aged 78) …   Wikipedia

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