Endocrine Abstracts

Pituitary adenomas arise from adenohypophyseal cells and progress with increased comorbidity and mortality. It is important to examine the diagnosis, prevalence, course and treatment of the subgroups of the disease in our country because pituitary adenomas are seen in the most productive periods of life and have important clinical results. In our study, 667 pituitary adenoma patients who applied to Eskişehir Osmangazi University Medical Faculty Hospital Endocrinology Depa...

Empty sella (ES) is characterized by herniation of the subarachnoid space within the sella, compression and flattening of the pituitary gland. Stretching of the pituitary stalk may also be seen. Empty sella is a frequent finding (5–23%) in autopsy series while it is < 0.01% in persons who undergo medical attention. Meanwhile there is an increase in sellar emptiness with age. Regarding pathophysiology and etiology, it may be primary to the incompetence of the diaphrag...