Hormonal and radiographic features of primary empty sella

VernacularTitle:原发性空泡蝶鞍激素及影像学研究
Author: Rui CHEN ¹ ; Yiran JIANG ; Weiwei ZHOU ; Lei JIANG ; Tingwei SU ; Weiqing WANG
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1. 200025 上海交通大学医学院附属瑞金医院内分泌代谢病科,上海市内分泌代谢病研究所,上海市内分泌代谢病临床医学中心
Keywords: Primary empty sella; Pituitary-secreting hormone deficiency; Insulin-induced hypoglycemia test
From: Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2017;33(10):849-853
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Clinical data of 116 cases diagnosed as primary empty sella (PES) from 2012 to 2016 in the Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital were analyzed in this study. Insulin-induced hypoglycemia test and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were applied to explore the predictive factors of hypopituitarism in patients with PES. The results showed that 43 (37. 07%) patients with PES were with hypopituitarism. Pituitary height<2. 35 mm and pituitary sagittal area<23. 5 mm2indicated a high risk of hypopituitarism in patients with PES.