Empty sella syndrome: Incidential findings at computerised tomography

ABSTRACT

A 43-year old female patient presented with severe dizziness; neck pain and headache. Clinical examination revealed diplopia with a horizontal gaze. Plain skull radiographs showed an enlarged sella turcica with no abnormal intracraial calcifications. Pre and post contrast axial and post contrast coronal computerised tomography scans through the sella turcia were done. an enlarged sella turcia filled with cerebrospinal fluid was demonstrated