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.
D'Alessandris, Q. G., Montano, N., Bianchi, F., Doglietto, F., Fernandez Marquez, E. M., Pallini, R., Lauretti, L., Persistence of primary empty sella syndrome despite obesity surgery: report of two unusual cases, <<BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY>>, 2012; 2012 (N/A): N/A-N/A. [doi:10.3109/02688697.2012.697215] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/26405]
Persistence of primary empty sella syndrome despite obesity surgery: report of two unusual cases
D'Alessandris, Quintino Giorgio;Montano, Nicola;Doglietto, Francesco;Fernandez Marquez, Eduardo Marcos;Pallini, Roberto;Lauretti, Liverana
2012
Abstract
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.
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