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• TITLE: Isolated gonadotropin deficiency with primary empty sella: Causal or casual association?

  AUTHORS: Shashank Shekhar, Chanderdeep Sharma, Mukesh Surya, Neeti Aggarwal

  KEYWORDS: Empty Sella; Empty Sella Syndrome; Gonadotropin Deficiency

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.2 No.3, September 7, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Empty sella is a radiological-anatomical entity characterised by a sella turcica filled partially or completely with cerebrospinal fluid, leading to varying degrees of pituitary flattening. Literature reports a 5% - 20% incidence of empty sella in unselected autopsies leading many to argue that its an extreme normal variant. Endocrine dysfunction varies from 8% - 25% with primary empty sella with growth hormone deficiency being most common. However isolated gonadotropin deficiency with normal sized primary empty sella are rare if any. We are reporting a case of isolated gonadotropin deficiency with primary empty sella unable to confirm or refute the association as causal or casual.