TY - JOUR
T1 - Persistence of primary empty sella syndrome despite obesity surgery: report of two unusual cases
AU - D'Alessandris, Quintino Giorgio
AU - Montano, Nicola
AU - Bianchi, Federico
AU - Doglietto, Francesco
AU - Fernandez Marquez, Eduardo Marcos
AU - Pallini, Roberto
AU - Lauretti, Liverana
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Primary empty sella syndrome (ESS) shares with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) high intracranial pressure (ICP) and association with obesity. Bariatric surgery is effective in IIH treatment; no data, however, exist about ESS. We report two overweight ESS patients in whom bariatric surgery resolved obesity but failed in curing ESS, requiring cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt placement.
AB - Primary empty sella syndrome (ESS) shares with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) high intracranial pressure (ICP) and association with obesity. Bariatric surgery is effective in IIH treatment; no data, however, exist about ESS. We report two overweight ESS patients in whom bariatric surgery resolved obesity but failed in curing ESS, requiring cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt placement.
KW - empty sella
KW - empty sella
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/26405
U2 - 10.3109/02688697.2012.697215
DO - 10.3109/02688697.2012.697215
M3 - Article
SN - 0268-8697
VL - 2012
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - British Journal of Neurosurgery
JF - British Journal of Neurosurgery
ER -