Empty sella, hypogonadism and hypopituitarism secondary to moyamoya disease

Tien-Jen Lin; Fu-Chao Hwang; Wen-Ta Chiu; Jia-Wei Lin; Shin-Han Tsai; Cheng-Kuei Chang

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2004.05.022

Empty sella, hypogonadism and hypopituitarism secondary to moyamoya disease

J Clin Neurosci. 2005 May;12(4):472-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.05.022.

Authors

Tien-Jen Lin¹, Fu-Chao Hwang, Wen-Ta Chiu, Jia-Wei Lin, Shin-Han Tsai, Cheng-Kuei Chang

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.

PMID: 15925787
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.05.022

Abstract

We report the case of a young male who presented at the age of 34 years with intracranial hemorrhage due to moyamoya disease. He was later diagnosed with hypogonadism and hypopituitarism. Chromosomal evaluation revealed a normal karyotype. The results of further neuroradiological studies led to the diagnosis of empty sella syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Empty Sella Syndrome / diagnosis*
Humans
Hypogonadism / etiology*
Hypogonadism / pathology
Hypopituitarism / etiology*
Hypopituitarism / pathology
Intracranial Hemorrhages / etiology*
Intracranial Hemorrhages / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Moyamoya Disease / complications*
Moyamoya Disease / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed