Empty Sella syndrome is a medical condition in which pituitary gland shrinks or become flattened. It fills the Sella turcica with cerebrospinal instead of the normal pituitary.
Symptoms
• Chronic headaches
• Swelling of the optic nerve inside the eye
• Infertility
• Low sex drive
• Impotence in male gender
• Vision problems
• Spinal fluid leaking from the nose
Causes:
Primary Empty Sella Syndrome
• Birth defect in the diaphragma sellae
Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome
• Infection
• Pituitary tumours
• Radiation therapy of pituitary gland
• Surgery of pituitary gland
• Head trauma
• Sheehan syndrome
• Intracranial hypertension
• Neurosarcoidosis
• Hypophysis’s
Treatments:
• If cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is leaking from your nose, then surgery is recommended.
• Certain medicines are given like ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) to prevent headache.
