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Frequent headaches and had ct of sinuses for unrelated issue it showed partially empty sella. empty sella with headaches concerning? what causes this?

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Dr. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Primary? IIH? Pseudo: A partially empty sella means that the pituitary gland (which usually sits in the sella) has shrunken. The key is to figure out if it is from primary or secondary causes. Primary means pituitary - you would've been left with hormone abnormalities. However, most secondary causes are from idiopathic intracranial hypertension, which causes headaches & is common in obese females. TTYD for confirm test

Answered 9/15/2016

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