EMPTY SELLA

Course overview

EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME (ESS), ALSO KNOWN AS ARACHNOIDOCELE, IS A DISORDER IN WHICH THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE HERNIATES INTO THE SELLA TURCICA CAUSING COMPRESSION AND FLATTENING OF THE PITUITARY GLAND AND STRETCHING OF THE PITUITARY STALK. OVER THE YEARS, THE TERM EMPTY SELL WAS ADAPTED FURTHER BY RADIOLOGISTS OBSERVING A SIMILAR PHENOMENON IN CTS AND MRIS OF THE BRAIN. THIS ACTIVITY ARTICULATES HOW TO PROPERLY EVALUATE FOR THIS CONDITION, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.