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Empty Sella Turcica in Intracranial SarcoidosisPituitary Insufficiency, Primary Polydipsia, and Changing Neuroradiologic Findings
Richard Chiang, MD;
Merville C. Marshall, Jr, MD;
Paul M. Rosman, DO;
Gwendolyn Hotson, MD;
Eric Mannheimer, MD;
Eleanor Z. Wallace, MD
Arch Neurol. 1984;41(6):662-665.
Abstract
• A 37-year-old man with visual loss was found to have hypopituitarism and primary polydipsia associated with sarcoidosis. Neuroradiologic studies demonstrated a dramatic evolution of CNS lesions, including a left thalamic infarct, an enhancing suprasellar mass, and ultimately an empty sella turcica. The patient has been clinically stable in spite of these changes. This case is likely to be the first reported of CNS sarcoidosis with an empty sella turcica documented by computed tomography.
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Radiology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (Dr Hotson), and the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY (Drs Chiang, Marshall, Rosman, Mannheimer, and Wallace).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 15,1983.
Reprint requests to Medical Service, VA Medical Center, 800 Poly Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11209 (Dr Marshall).
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